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Although most leaders have a dominant or preferred style/approach to leadership, there are situations that require leaders to flexible with their style in order to be effective. Reflecting on your own leadership style, discuss how you plan to develop your ability to apply situational leadership. In your response, include your primary style as well as an example (real or hypothetical) of a specific situation and how you plan to "flex" your style to be more effective.

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Reflecting upon my present leadership style, I plan to develop my ability to apply situational leadership, by ensuring that I have a flexible mind in dealing with different leadership situations. I plan to do this by ...

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