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Vault course 7 of 18 · 5 lessons · 19 min · video
Adapting Your Style to the Situation
The executives who scale don't have one style. They read the person, the task and the moment, then switch on purpose. This course gives you the situational leadership grid, how to read a director's readiness task by task, and three executive scenarios to practice on.
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Narrated by Andreas Pettersson. Built from the Leaders ADAPT library with Martha Spalding.
Lessons
- 1Why one style stops working when you lead leaders
Why the style that got you promoted stops working when you lead leaders, and the five traits of leaders who adapt.3:45 - 2The situational leadership grid: directing and coaching
The four style grid, and why a capable director still needs direction or coaching on a task that's new to them.3:57 - 3Supporting and delegating: letting capable leaders lead
When to share the decision, when to hand it over completely, and how the grid connects to your default style.3:50 - 4Reading the situation, and onboarding a new director
The four situational factors that decide your style, practiced on a new director joining your leadership team.3:39 - 5Under pressure: a board deadline and a struggling director
Two executive scenarios, a board deadline and a director who's drowning, and how to switch style without losing people.3:26
All lessons are recorded.
How a lesson works
Each lesson is about five minutes, the slides with Andreas narrating, or audio only on your phone between meetings. It opens on one situation at the executive level, teaches one tool, and closes with your move: one thing to do before the next lesson. The full written lesson sits under the player, so you can read instead, or go back for the exact sentence you want to use.
Created and narrated by Andreas Pettersson. The narration uses an AI model of Andreas's own voice.