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Focus on the Situational Leadership II approach. Explain how and when you would use directing, coaching, supporting, and delegating leadership styles to create high performing leadership teams for your organization. Your discussion post should be 250 words. APA format5.1 Description One of the more widely recognized approaches to leadership is the situational approach, w hich was developed by Hersey and Blanchard(1969a) based on Reddin’s (1967) 3D management style theory. The situational approach has been refined and revised several times sinceits inception (see Blanchard, 1985; Blanchard, Zigarmi, & Nelson, 1993; Blancha rd, Zigarmi, & Zigarmi, 2013; Hersey & Blanchard, 1977,1988), and it has been used extensi vely in organizational leadership training and development. As the name of the approach implies, the situational approach focuses on leadership in situ ations. The premise of the theory is thatdifferent situations demand different kinds of leade rship. From this perspective, to be an effective leader requires that a person adapt hisor her style to the demands of different situations. The situational approach is illustrated in the model developed by Blanchard and his colleag ues (Blanchard et al., 1993; Blanchard et al.,2013), called the Situational Leadership® II (SL II®) model (Figure 5.1). The model is an extension and refinement of the original modeldev eloped by Hersey and Blanchard (1969a). This chapter focuses on the SLII® model. The situational approach stresses that leadership is composed of both a directive and a sup portive dimension, and that each has to beapplied appropriately in a