Models I — Leadership & Communication
Models that help you lead individuals and communicate across diverse, dispersed teams. Leadership style is tailored just like processes — matched to the person and the situation.
Situational Leadership® II · Ken Blanchardcompetence × commitment
As a person’s competence (ability, knowledge, skill) and commitment (confidence, motivation) evolve, the leader’s style evolves to match:
OSCAR coaching modelWhittleworth & Gilbert
- Outcome — long-term goal and the result wanted from each session.
- Situation — current skills, abilities and how they affect performance.
- Choices / consequences — the avenues to the outcome and their trade-offs.
- Actions — commit to specific, attainable, time-bound improvements.
- Review — regular meetings keep the person motivated and on track.
Why these matter
- Leadership style is tailored to the individual and the team — not one fixed approach.
- Both models are about developing people toward autonomy and high performance.
- Most useful in the Team performance domain.
Communication models§4.2.2
Cross-Cultural Communication
Both the message and how it’s sent are shaped by each party’s knowledge, experience, language, thinking, stereotypes and relationship — which also shape how it’s interpreted.
Effectiveness of Communication Channels
The communication medium influences effectiveness; richer channels suit complex or sensitive messages, leaner channels suit simple ones.
Gulf of Execution & Evaluation
Describes disconnects between end-user expectations and reality — the gulf in doing (execution) and in interpreting results (evaluation).