Goal Setter
A path-goal manager aims to challenge his subordinates with high-level goals in order to garner the highest level of performance from them. He encourages his workers by an insistence in the belief that they can handle all he expects of them and that the outcome will be positive and beneficial for all. An example of this type of leader is one who sets sales goals higher every three months and leads his employees in ways to achieve this target.
Clarification Provider
A leader following the path-goal style will provide clarification at the outset of projects and at any time necessary in order to keep her followers on the road to particular goals. An example of this type of manager is one who provides a clear outline of what the business needs to achieve and illustrates exactly to subordinates what they must do to help reach this objective. These goals and the manner in which the employees work to secure them should be intrinsically satisfying to each worker.
Situational leadership theory
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The situational leadership theory,is a leadership theory developed by Paul Hersey, professor and author of the book Situational Leader, and Ken Blanchard, leadership guru and author of The One Minute Manager, while working on the first edition of Management of Organizational Behavior (now in its 9th edition).[1] The theory was first introduced as "Life Cycle Theory of Leadership".[2] During the mid-1970s, "Life Cycle Theory of Leadership" was renamed "Situational Leadership theory".[3]
In the late 1970s/early 1980s, the authors both developed their own models using the situational leadership theory; Hersey -