Situational Leadership

“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances”-David Hume

For years, when people talked about leadership style, they talked in terms of two extremes – an autocratic (directive) and a democratic (supportive) style. Autocratic leaders used position power and their authority to get results while democratic leaders used personal resources (power) and involved others in participative problem-solving and decision-making.

But then onwards the mode of business, culture exchange, communication, and development changed the corporate world. The modern business is delivering time and mission critical solution in faster pace. People from different background, culture & nature are engaged together in a single platform of solution. The rate of risks, criticalities are higher, which require a change in the style of handling the situation, adopt change and satisfy the need from parent organization to client organization. Also, experience and further research, however, showed that leadership style tend to vary considerably from situation to situation.
And, that’s where leadership style, and leadership model that presumes that different leadership styles are better in different situations, and that leaders must be flexible enough to adapt their style to the situation they are in. it can be said that it is the relationship between a leader's style and his or her environment to influence the performance of subordinates and empower team with energy and positive mindset.