Situational leadership, developed by Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard, is a model for selecting from four leadership styles the one that matches the employees’ maturity level in a given situation. For the most part, situational leadership takes the two-dimensional leadership styles and develops four leadership styles.

To determine the leadership style, one determines the followers’ maturity level. If it is low, the leader uses a telling style; if it is moderate to low, the leader uses a selling style; if it is moderate to high, the leader uses the participating style; and if it is high, the leader uses a delegating style.