This activity is important because as a manager, your day$-$to$-$day behaviors have a large impact on your employees. However, the potential benefits of leader behaviors are likely to depend on the specific situation and the readiness of employees in the work unit. In acknowledgment of this, the life cycle theory of leadership was developed with four combinations of initiating structure and consideration behaviors, labeled delegating, participating, selling, and telling.

The goal of this activity is to demonstrate your knowledge of life cycle theory by choosing the combination of leadership dimensions that best fit each leadership scenario. Assume that you are managing four teams, each of which is producing an advertising campaign.