Little Research to Backup Situational Leadership

Brian's response
David
Brian, I agree with your thoughts on leadership, which is so much more than inspirtion and strategic thinking. In regards to your thoughtrs on the lack of reasearch for Situational Leadership, I believe it was derived from the research of (House, 1971; House & Mitchell, 1974) which was referred to as the path-goal theory of leadership, which states that a leader’s job is to help the work group attain the goals that they desire. Of course with the millions of mangers who utilize this approach, I would question if some research doesn't now exist.

Situational Leadership is Foundation
James L Mileur, Career Consultant, United States, Member
Since my exposure to SL, it struck me as the foundational leadership/management principle that everything else builds on. Certainly not the end-all, but neither is the foundation of a building; but try constructing a building without that simple piece of the project.