According to situational leadership theory, no single leadership style is best. Instead, successful leadership involves adapting your approach and strategies to whatever is best suited to the task ...

Lorsch, Jay W. "A Contingency Theory of Leadership." Chap. 15 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.

This course examines leadership theory and research with an emphasis on preparing ... leader traits and characteristics; and the situational factors leaders must assess in facilitating group ...