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December 03, 2025Situational Leadership: Directing (with Examples)

By Dr. Scott. This week, we resume our short series on Situational Leadership. Last month, I introduced the series and provided a short overview of Situational Leadership Theory in 6 Characteristics of Situational Leaders followed by a quick dive into the model developed by Ken Blanchard and Paul Hersey back in the late 1960s in The Situational Leadership Model . The theory, and the models that followed, focus on a leader’s need to alter their leadership style to align with a follower’s level of development, the complexity of the task, and the nuances of the situation. If you missed either or those previous installments, I highly recommend, at least, quickly reviewing The Situational Leadership Model because, this week, we’ll focus are sights on one of the four quadrants of the Situational Leadership Model: Directing. As a quick refresher, though, the model identifies 4 Quadrants: Directing, Coaching, Supporting, and Delegating. To understand the model, we should thin... Read more