Contingency Theory: the leader's ability to lead is contingent upon various situational factors, including the leader's preferred style, the capabilities and behaviors of followers and also various other situational factors. There is no one best way of leading and leadership styles that are effective in some situations may not be successful in others.
(Source: http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/theories/contingency_theory.htm)
Adapt: This theory is important to community developers because sometimes they are put in a leadership position or they have a perceived leadership position when entering a community. When community developers are in a leadership position, they should think about this theory and think about what leadership style the community they are working with will respond best to. It may be beneficial to ask the community members what they look for in a leader in order to tailor to them.
Apply: This theory can be applied to business owners. When one owes a business he or she normally hires employees. Employees will be more responsive to a leader who they can relate to and easily work with. For this to happen, the business owner must critically look at his or her leadership style when working with his or her employees.
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