SLII®. Powering Inspired Leaders™

SLII® teaches leaders an easy-to-understand, practical leadership framework that matches the development level of an employee for a task with the optimal levels of direction and support they need to succeed.

  • Learn a New Leadership Language with Just Five Words

    Learn a New Leadership Language with Just Five Words

    Leadership expert Vicki Halsey shares an easy-to-remember performance management conversation strategy for building strong relationships with team members.

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  • The Proactive Manager: Matching Your Leadership Style to People's Needs

    The Proactive Manager: Matching Your Leadership Style to People's Needs

    Do managers need to be more proactive when it comes to providing direction and support to their team members? Flexibly matching your leadership style to the needs of team members is the key.

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  • Four Reasons Why Flexing Your Leadership Style Builds Trust

    Four Reasons Why Flexing Your Leadership Style Builds Trust

    Trust doesn’t happen by accident; you have to flex your approach to the needs of each team member says leadership expert Randy Conley.

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  • 3 Conversations Leaders Need to Master

    3 Conversations Leaders Need to Master

    Learn how to improve the quality and quantity of conversations taking place throughout your organization.

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  • Are You a Directive or Supportive Leader?

    Are You a Directive or Supportive Leader?

    Forty years of Blanchard research has proven that the best leadership style is the one that matches the developmental needs of the person you’re working with.

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  • Flexibly Matching Your Leadership Style to the Needs of Your People

    Flexibly Matching Your Leadership Style to the Needs of Your People

    Gain a greater sense of leadership self-awareness, along with practical strategies to increase your effectiveness as a leader.

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  • SLII. Why a Situational Approach to Leadership Makes All the Difference

    SLII. Why a Situational Approach to Leadership Makes All the Difference

    This study investigates the effectiveness of the four leadership styles of the SLII model, which evolved from initiating structure and consideration.

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  • Turning New Hires into Top Performers... Quickly

    Turning New Hires into Top Performers... Quickly

    Hiring and retaining workers is the defining challenge as we move nearer to the post-pandemic workplace.

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  • Are Employees' Needs Being Met by One-on-Ones?

    Are Employees' Needs Being Met by One-on-Ones?

    Blanchard finds that employees want more meetings with their boss, not less.

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  • Goal Setting to Improve Performance: 4 Best Practices

    Goal Setting to Improve Performance: 4 Best Practices

    Goal setting drives performance in the workplace. Collaborate, create stretch goals, give feedback on performance, and hold quarterly check-ins says Doug Glener.

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  • Taking a Situational Approach to Management

    Taking a Situational Approach to Management

    With SLII, managers and direct reports learn how to speak a common language that builds trust and a sense of partnership.

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  • Why a Situational Approach to Leadership Matters

    Why a Situational Approach to Leadership Matters

    Effective leader behaviors are context-specific, depending on the development level of the follower on a particular goal or task.

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  • What Do We Know About Development Level?

    What Do We Know About Development Level?

    Achieve a deeper understanding of the concept of development level and its components.

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  • Improving Engagement and Retention through Better Work Conversations

    Improving Engagement and Retention through Better Work Conversations

    Authentic conversations go a long way toward building trust and showing people you are on their side says leadership expert Vicki Halsey.

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  • 3 Performance Conversation Skills All Leaders Need to Master

    3 Performance Conversation Skills All Leaders Need to Master

    Learn how to help your leaders diagnose development level on new tasks and goals, and how to provide people with the proper amounts of direction and support to get up-to-speed quickly.

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  • Land O’ Lakes

    Land O’ Lakes

    Measuring the Effectiveness of SLII® Training at Land O’ Lakes

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  • Delta Dental

    Delta Dental

    Determining the ROI of SLII® at Delta Dental of California

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  • Nissan

    Nissan

    Calculating the ROI of SLII® Training at Nissan

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  • Ten Performance Management Process Gaps

    Ten Performance Management Process Gaps

    Performance planning, coaching, and review are the foundation of any well designed performance management system.

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    SLII® - Create Success with a Situational Approach to Leadership

    Discover the power of the SLII® model through these peak performance stories and learn how it guides you to provide just the right amount of direction and support exactly when it is needed.

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