Introduction Situational leadership styles can be categorized into four quadrants according to degree of Formatted: Font: Bold Formatted: Font: (Default) Times New Roman, 12 pt directive and supportive behaviorSituational leadership can be conceptualized by compartmentalizing the styles into four quadrants along a continuum of low to high directive and low to high supportive behavior (Norton, 2007, p .92). When leaders use situational leadership, they must carefully evaluate the situation in relation to their goals and objectives, while also Comment [MMB1]: I doubt it’s a continuum if it’s compartmentalized. Try, “Situational leadership styles can be categorized into four quadrants according to degree of directive and supportive behavior.” Formatted: Font: (Default) Times New Roman, 12 pt considering the developmental level and the motivation of the employees as prime determinants of leadership style. An adaptive leader adopts a directive, coaching, participatory, or delegating approach, or a combination of stylesapproaches, in order to accomplish the “tasks” or objective of the organization (p.92). Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the principles and concepts of situational leadership by applying them to a case study from the perspective of a leader teacher who has the ultimate Comment [MMB2]: I have issues with the word conceptualize. It has a precise use, but we tend to use it in places in which it doesn’t belong! What word do you really mean here: understand, describe, categorize? responsibility for implementing sweeping changesis responsible for changing the textbook, Formatted: Font: (Default) Times New Roman, 12 pt assessments, and classroom participation requirements of a class mid-semester. The Comment [MMB3]: Always good to briefly restate what you’re doing complexities of implementing changes, especially when the changes are unwelcome and require a high level of commitment from all stakeholders, are inherent components of organizational leadership. This case study will help me understand the multi-faceted process of implementing radical change from the perspective of key stakeholders. As athe leader, it will help me understand the benefits and challenges of altering my preferred style of leadership Formatted: Font: (Default) Times New Roman, 12 pt