Hershey and Blanchard's situational leadership theory
One of the most common mistakes in people management is related to the lack of a sufficiently flexible leadership style on the part of the manager to his associates. In such a situation, the manager manages his subordinates in the same way, regardless of what exactly the subordinates are. For example, the manager can only work with authoritarian methods towards all his employees. Or vice versa - he can only use a democratic style. But going to such extremes is dangerous and does not always lead to positive results, as Kurt Levin's research on leadership styles shows.
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