Leadership
LEADERSHIP Catherine Livingstone was the Chief Executive Officer of Cochlear Limited from 1995 until 2000 and under her leadership: - Ř The company’s share price rose from $2. ... She did it by providing leadership across functional departments such as Research & Development, Engineering, Production, Finance, Sales and Marketing and across cultures from Australia, U. ... In analysing Catherine’s leadership behaviours, the Path-Goal theory developed by House , could certainly be applied, as could the Situational Leadership theory developed by Hersey & Blanchard . The Path-Goal Theory states that leader behaviour is acceptable when employees view it as a source of satisfaction and that managers can exhibit more than one leadership style including Directive, Supportive, Participative and Achievement-Oriented leadership styles.