I hope you'll agree with me that the best style of leadership is the one that's right for your people in the situation. That was what I explained in the last lecture. I think it's hard to argue with that. But the challenge, of course, is to figure out what is the best style of leadership for the situation. And that's largely what this program is all about. So let's do a little exercise to see where you are now.

In your workbook, you'll find descriptions of for people. And each of those four people is in a situation and I've given you four simple ways to respond to that situation to try and get the best out of them. What I'd like you to do in the exercise is to read the secret To read the options for how you're going to deal with it, and to try to decide which option which response is the best style of leadership. When you've done that, we'll come back together. And I'll start to take you through the theory, which will help you to make those decisions in a structured way. But first, please do give it a go.

You'll get far more out of this course, if you do the exercises. And it won't take you very long for short exercises. At most 20 minutes, most people can do it in 10 to 15 minutes. So come back to the next video. When you've assessed each of these four people