McGovern & Bernhard
      
        McGovern
        
          Possible in sport?  Examples…
        
          Why is this not done often?
          Hint: Who becomes coach?
      
        Bernhard
        
          Possible in exercise settings?  Examples…
      
        Take Home Message specific to Leadership?
       Contingency Approaches
       
         “The basic tenet of this focus was that 
         behavior effective in some circumstances 
         might be ineffective under different 
         conditions” (p. 64).
             th
         A 4-5  grade soccer coach would behave 
         much differently than the same coach at 
         the Olympic level.
     Contingency Approaches
     
       Two qualities by the Leader MUST be 
       present.
     
       Sliding scale of two behaviors.
       
        Most difficult one to achieve 
        success at?
       Fiedler’s Contingency Model
       
         Premise was to critically examine the two 
        largest variables for predicting potential 
        success:
         
          Leader & Organization
          Where in sport do we see this approach?
       
         Least Preferred Coworker (LPC) scale
     Fiedler’s 3 Prongs of the 
     Situation
     
      Leader-Member relations:
      
       Members’ attitudes towards & acceptance of 
       the leader.
     
      Task Structure:
      
       High or low = greater chance of success?
     
      Position Power:
      
       An evaluation of formal power.