The problem at WCBA is a failure at the managerial level by Ann Caldera to properly adapt her style of leadership to create a successful environment with her new employees each year at the radio station. Ann hires new students to become disc jockeys at the school radio station; she then gives them the rule and regulations, befriends them and lets them loose on the air to fail. Ann needs to regard her new students with a changing leadership style. An example would be the way parents raise their children using the SLII model. An infant will require different supervision, direction and support than a teenager will. Yet they are the same parents and the same child, just through the years of training and experience the parents slowly let go of the more directive style of leadership and gravitate towards a more supportive role (Lerstrom, 2008). Ann , as a leader needs to operate an appropriate SLII model directive assessment. Ann fails to correctly assess each student level of development and uses the same style of supportive only leadership for all her students regardless of their experience levels. She does not use the SLII model where she can assess her own leadership style mixed in with each student development rating. Because she fails to do so from the start, the students are set up for failure and never progress the way they should.
2. Using SLII as a basis, what would you advise Ann to do differently at the station? Based on the SLII as a basis, I would advise Ann to clearly vet each student for their experiences, strengths and weaknesses for realistic expectations of on air requirements and procedures. From there, she should create a template for each new student with a development level rating. Once she identifies
