UNIT 1. Activity 9. FORUM ENTRY 1 Situational Leadership Theory- SLT

Activity 9. FORUM ENTRY 1 Situational Leadership Theory- SLT

Imagine you work in a school with those four stages of followers. What could you do with each of them?

According to the SLT the staff will be divided in four groups regarding the level of maturity they have:

1.      Able and Willing: This group is ready to manage the situation because they have the knowledge to do it and they also want to do it, the leader see this group as very capable and confident so he/she will passes the process and responsibility to this group of people. DELEGATING

2.      Able and Unwilling: For this group that is well prepared to do the task but they are not confident enough to take the responsibility, the leader will focus on increase that confidence to achieve the task, for this group the plan is to let them participate giving suggestions with the solution of the tasks always paying special attention on the group confidence and social behaviour. PARTICIPATING.  

3.      Unable and Willing: This group is not prepared to take the responsibility on the task but they want to work on it, they are novice but enthusiastic, so the leader is going to guide them through the task taking the decisions but “using” the energy they have and their desire to work. SELLING.

4.      Unable and Unwilling: This group in my opinion the more difficult group to work, the only way that the leader could take is to TELL everything to them, the role of every person of the group will be define by the leader and also every step to achieve the goal. TELLING