Discuss the Situational leadership theory as developed by Heresy and Blanchard, by stressing on the four specific leadership styles and follower readiness.

Paul heresy and ken Blanchard have developed a leadership theory that has gained a strong following among management development specialists. This model called situational leadership theory. It is a contingency theory that focuses on followers' readiness/development level of follower and leader behavior/leadership styles, it created by Hersey and Blanchard (see Exhibits 1.1 or 1.2). These two approaches concern for production and concern for people, together show that there is no best style of leadership. The …

…the organization or team the method of the lead and management should be adjusted continually depends on the different situation and environment; a leader cannot use the same method to perform lead and management without change. Therefore, the core of the situational leadership theory is that a leader leads or manages followers in accordance of their personality, development level and behavior. Besides, continually to innovate the manner of management is important and should be emphasis.