The Utilization of Situational Leadership as a Strategic Differential for Contemporary Organizations.

Abstract

This article had the purpose of presenting the results for the use of Situational Leadership as a strategic differential at Contemporary Organizations. The themes Motivation in the workplace, Leadership and Empowerment, Styles of Leaderships and Situational Leadership were essential to debate the proposed topic.  Having said this, the methodology applied here was case study and data collection was made with the use of the following qualitative tools: semi-structured interviews and observation. The present research was conducted at “Company X” and the individuals chosen for the study were leaders from this mentioned organization. The results obtained seem to indicate that in order to be a situational leader it is not fundamental to  have  conceptual  knowledge  of  the  topic.  However,  it  is  essential  that  this  is  aligned with contemporary practices.  It  is  a leader’s  responsibility  to diagnosticate,  make  it  flexible and to establish partnership to improve performance and to develop self-directed teams of high performance.