Ken Blanchard

Situational leadership theory was first proposed in 1969 by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard in their book, Management of Organization Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources. Situational leadership theory states that leadership behavior should adapt to the maturity and readiness of subordinates. According to Daft (2014), “The point of the situational model is that subordinates vary in readiness, which is determined by the degree of willingness and ability a subordinate demonstrates while performing a specific task”. Willingness is defined as the degree of confidence, commitment and motivation an employee has to achieve an objective (Hersey, Blanchard, & Johnson, 1996, p. 195), whereas ability is defined as the knowledge, experience and skill that an employee has to complete an objective (Hersey, et al., p. 194). According to this theory, leader behavior should fall into one of four categories depending on subordinate readiness: telling, selling, participating, and delegating (Hersey, et al., p.…

Ken Blanchard is a very motivational speaker. I enjoyed listening to the great stories and excellent practical examples he brought up in his talk. I definitely agreed with Ken on the characteristics of an effective leader. I believe that an effective leader is one who motivates others for self improvement and team performance, and is able to create a vision to guide change. In addition, this leader is able to adequately follow a specific vision and communicate goals in a clear manner. Once the…

Hersey and Blanchards’ theory of situational leadership: The situational leadership theory developed by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard as a “situational model” suggesting that there is no single specific leadership style and successful leaders tend to adopt variable styles according to the follower’s maturity level. The model suggests that leaders deal with different levels of maturity in different kind of working groups hence adjusting their leading strategy related to their emphasis on task…

In Marge Piercy’s narrative poem, “Barbie Doll”, the story of a young girl is told from the viewpoint of an outside speaker watching her grow up around the norms of society and ultimately ends her life because of it. Throughout each stanza, a new important piece of information is expressed to the readers to contribute to both the theme and tone of the poem. Piercy is able to cultivate the idea that inward beauty is not valued in today’s society, and that artificial perfection can only be…

what is expected from them and the underlying rules that are now explicitly spelled out for them. Ken dolls are what people picture when imagining a rich white young man. Whenever Ken dolls are paired with a Barbie doll in a career package, they are the ones with the higher position. For example, in a the field of health, Ken is the doctor while Barbie is the nurse that is holding a baby. This exemplifies the glass escalator and the glass ceiling because if Ken was the nurse, he would be more…

also nostalgic for me personally. I never asked for anything else, every christmas, every birthday, the only thing on my list were those dolls. Every young kid has their favorite toy or doll. When I was younger, my favorite thing was Barbie. For almost every holiday and birthday, I got something that had to do with her. There was the Barbie dream-house, the mini bright pink VolksWagon car, I even had a Barbie scooter; not to mention the box of at least ten barbies, including Ken. I was born in…

Valeria Lukyanova could pass for a living Barbie doll; however, when you think about Barbie, Ken follows closely behind. Barbie and Ken may be the very first love story (between dolls, that is). Although there are several men who have gone under the knife to resemble this iconic doll, the most recognized human Ken doll is probably Justin Jedlica. THE NICKNAME ‘HUMAN KEN DOLL’ – COMPLIMENTS OF 20/20 During an interview for OWN’s series, Where Are They Now? Jedlica opens up about how he came to…

I strongly believe that giving back to my community/school in one or another way is the most important thing outside of my academics and this is why I want to become an RA. At the age of thirteen I started my own roller skating classes. Being the instructor of a roller skating class and running the class by my own taught me to be leader, grow from my failures and gave me the opportunity to give back to my community. When I first started learning how to skate in the state of Washington, the…

I In my current role at Stonewall, I have grown personally and professionally. As a key member of the Empowerment team and I continuously contribute creatively to the teams existing and pending projects. As the Alumni Relations Officer, I can develop the alumni’s relations strategy and have the right enthusiasm and passion for harnessing the alumni potential. Stonewall’s key behaviours have shaped how I behave at work and I bring these to life throughout my role. The invaluable skills I have…

Nurse Ratched epitomizes an authoritarian leader with her superiority, and inability to collaborate with the other members of the ward. In attempt to assert her control over McMurphy, Nurse Ratched reminds him that, “‘You're committed, you realize. You are... under the jurisdiction of me... the staff." She's holding up a fist, all those red-orange fingernails burning into her palm. "Under jurisdiction and control—" (125). When threatened by McMurphy, she forces him to “realize” that he is…