Situational Leadership
An article I have found very helpful, I trust you do too, by Leigh Anthony, Demand Media:
Situational leadership is a leadership style that has been developed and studied by Kenneth Blanchard and Paul Hersey. Situational leadership refers to when the leader or manager of an organization must adjust his style to fit the development level of the followers he is trying to influence. With situational leadership, it is up to the leader to change his style, not the follower to adapt to the leader’s style. In situational leadership, the style may change continually to meet the needs of others in the organization based on the situation.
Telling And Directing
In telling/directing, the leader of the organization is the one making the decisions and informing others in the organization