Situational Leadership.

Boy, was this week's presentation cool or what? I really liked how he had such elaborate concrete examples from the Invictus video clips. I'm glad he did a really good job explaining the concept of situational leadership and that each situation may call for a different approach from the continuum of balancing the three ingredients being Directive Behaviors, Supportive Behaviors, and the Maturity level of the followers. I am thankful for his in-depth explanations because although it is a simple model, I had a little difficulty understanding the different applications. Fortunately, our practice in lab today helped to even further establish my understanding of the concept. I liked seeing how different leadership settings warrant for different styles. For example, the difference between leading a volunteer and an employee is pretty well understood, yet it was nice to put some terms to connect with the situations and their natural base forms of situational leadership. I think the most important thing that I have taken away from this week is the understanding that this model of situational leadership reminds me to treat people differently. After all, everyone is different, so it seems natural that a different style of situational leadership is required on a personal level for each constituent that you lead to most effectively lead them. I like this because I'm all about relationships! I suppose this pushes me towards being more inclined to be a supporting situational leader, but at the same time I'm also all about forward motion. Therefore, I come to the conclusion that I am most comfortable as a coaching situational leader. I can apply this to my leadership role much easier than a directing approach because it is difficult to give your peers stern directions though a manner of one-way communication. However, I believe I will be able to show them the importance  that each one of them plays in making our floor a stronger unit. I can do this by remembering that each one of the guys on my floor is different, despite how alike the guys in 2105 think they are... hehe Seriously, if I continue to get to know them better on a personal level and continue to build an authoritative relationship with them, I have better success in being a leader to them in whatever situation arises. So, I plan to be a little more conscious of opportunities to stop and take the time to extend myself to each of them as often as possible to build the personal leadership relationship that I have with each of them.

Byeeeee!
Kellon

P.S. Thanks for reading : )