How Practicing Situational Leadership Can Change Your Team’s Dynamic
Unless you’re part of a team of clones, you should stay away from one-size-fits-all models and take a contextual approach to leadership.
Some years ago I was working in the online department of a medium-sized company, and our team had 12–15 people on average. I was involved in recruiting 5 colleagues, of which 2 were the only ones interviewed for those roles. Not because we didn’t have more applicants, but because we knew they were the right ones from the first minutes.
One of them had zero work experience, but the most beautiful and dedicated attitude I’ve ever seen in a candidate. I’ve interviewed her together with my manager, and we both agreed to hire her within 10 minutes of her leaving our office.
It’s more than 5 years since then, and I’m proud of what she became ❤.
For a different role, I interviewed a candidate who lied in her CV. She had none of the experience that she listed there. She came to the interview because she needed advice on how to get into the field.
I’ve learned that in the first minutes of our talk, and decided to not waste her time. Since we both had reserved 30 minutes for an interview, we agreed that she was not a good fit, and I’ve used the rest of the time to give her direction and recommend…
