Q 1. Whatis the "Contingency" approach to Leadership?

using 1 academic sources

• Provide an academic definition of the Contingency Approach to leadership with reference
• Explain and briefly discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this approach

Q 2. Leadership Style

• Choose a leadership style from the 5 described on last page, explain and discuss using 2 academic sources, the characteristics of this style. Provide 1 ONE corporate (business leader) examples who use this leadership style
• Firstly, define your chosen style of leadership-why would a leader use this style and it what situations, what personal characterises would this type of leader have? I.e.-sense of humour, confidence, trustworthy, see slides in week 2.1
• Provide 1 Business Leader example-someone in the public domain, how their personal characteristics are similar to what you have scoped above-support your assertions with your research.
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages (for these 2 leaders) of using this style citing examples from your reading.

Q3. Competencies

• List 2 competencies (skills and abilities) you need to become successful in this style of leadership?Use 2 academic sources to support your ideas and use your previous "Leader example" in section2 toexplain and discuss these competencies.
• What knowledge and skills do you require to be that style of leader-i.e. strategy building skills, communication skills, negotiation skills
• Use your leader and provide examples of when they demonstrated these skills-support using referencing.

4. Reference List:

• Minimum of 6 academic references. References need to be numbered listed in Alphabetical order.