Situational Leadership always brings about spirited debate as to relative worth and application in organizations or (as the name implies) situations. With respect to participant expectations of leadership, are there a few core characteristics we explicitly expect to from those tasked with analyzing and designing an appropriate response? Is there a scale of sorts on which participants or leadership evaluates situational need and hands responsibility? That is to say, is there a threshold of intervention? "Leadership should be stepping in at this point." Is what we are describing here a "trust ethic" and does anyone have experience with an explicit notion of trust from participants with leadership and vice versa? What does this look and sound like? What are the successes/shortcomings? This is just general questions, the subject deals with leadership in general and not operations management. The subect is leadership.