Case summary: Marathon runners at different levels.
Characters in the case: David Abruzzo
Adequate Information: David Abruzzo is a newly elected president of the Metro city Striders Track Club. He has three different groups of marathon runners to train for the upcoming race.
To determine: Based on the SLII model what kind of leadership does group 1 runners need from David?
Explanation of Solution
Given Information: David is a trainer for the upcoming marathon and he is training three different groups. All groups have got talents in various levels.
Group 1 runners needs style 2 from the SLII Model. That is the coaching model. High directive and high supportive behavior is needed. Since they had never run a marathon they were more concerned. They had many questions for David and David was happy to clear their doubts. David wanted to treat them as adults and give them the relative guidance to win the marathon.
style 2 in the SLII model is relevant for group 3 runners.
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