Situational leadership
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November 2026
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Change management9 min readSituational leadership in a change programme: direct or support?
For owners and managers leading a change when each person on the team stands in a different place. Situational leadership offers four styles, matched person by person and task by task. The tests are weak, so treat it as a set of questions, not a formula.
Strategy & leadership11 min readGoleman and Hersey–Blanchard: how sceptical to be
For team leaders, owners and HR staff who meet these two models in leadership training. The short answer: use them as questions to test on your own team, not as rules, because the evidence behind both is thin.
Strategy & leadership8 min readTransformational, transactional or servant: pick by the challenge
For CEOs, division heads and team leads choosing how to lead through one specific challenge. No approach wins everywhere: transformational and contingent-reward leadership overlap heavily, and whether directive or participative leadership works flips with how familiar the situation is.