Using Fiedler’s Contingency Theory, analyze the situational factors and determine what type of individual would be the most effective for Ben Allrod to hire. Could he change situational factors instead of hiring a new leader? If so, what changes would you recommend?

Ben Allrod, chief executive officer of a 300-bed community hospital located in Midwest suburbia, received a call from the hospital’s director of nursing, Paul Muir, to ask whether they could meet immediately to discuss a problem. It was unlike Paul to make such a request, so Ben agreed to meet immediately.