All employees are not alike. The leadership method that works with Fred may not inspire Ginger and might make Rashid furious. The path-goal theory of leadership says that good managers can inspire ...

Contingency and path theories are ways of analyzing leadership. Contingency theories emphasize the many variables that can differ in any given situation that make one context different from another.

Good leaders have a plan or strategy to guide their leadership. One way to develop such a plan (and develop yourself as a leader) is to turn to the research literature on leadership. Find a theory ...