Business partners Lars and Sam brought to life a revolutionary idea. Both were skilled in computer science. For the first few years, they hired people with their same mindset: employees who worked well under a free-reign leadership style where they could expand upon the company's technology and create new products. Moving forward, the partners realized that their fast-growing venture needed structure. Lars and Sam understood what was needed, but questioned whether they could change their own leadership behavior to make it happen. In order to develop the financial and operations side of the business, the partners hired an additional leader, a person whose leadership style was high on structure. Which of the following statements about leader behavior attests to the soundness of this strategic move? A) These partners could not perform the four functions of management.
B) Successful leaders adapt their behavior to the situation at hand.
C) Most successful leaders will choose one leadership style and never succumb to the threat that their behavior will be detrimental to a business's progress.
D) Businesses cannot continue to grow under the leadership of the original owners. Leaders cannot be strong in consideration and structure.
It is either one or the other, but never both in various amounts.