Hot in Cleveland

I love the show Hot in Cleveland, mostly because I am a fan of Betty White. The recent episode had a few demonstrations of leadership that when well with this assignment. It was clear and easy for me to see the examples and types of leadership theories being displayed. The episode I recently watched had the ladies back in their hometown of LA all trying to accomplish different goals like selling a house, tracking down Robert Redford and trying to sabotage an enemy.  

http://www.tvland.com/shows/hot-in-cleveland/full-episodes/i-love-lucci-pt--1

Melanie returns to LA to sell her house because she is divorced and her kids are all grown up. She demonstrates the LMX theory of leadership with the potential buyers of her house. She is trying to convey the importance of everything in the house to this couple to build a trusting relationship with them and show them the positive impact the house would have on their lives. I would say she is in Phase 2- Acquaintance with couple. She is sharing positive experiences of her life and how they can be replayed in theirs.

Elka is the hilarious old lady determined to find Robert Redford with the hopes he will fall in love with her instantly. She utilizes the Path-Goal theory of leadership. Her goal is to get to Robert Redford and she convinces any person she encounters to give up information about his current location. She leads the people into thinking she wants to be friends and cares about their relationship by tricking them with compliments and her dimples.

Victoria is definitely task oriented. She is a has-been movie star trying to restart her career and fame. She was called back to LA to make an appearance on an old TV show with her biggest enemy Susan Lucci. Susan changed the scene last minute so she took the spot light from Victoria and all Victoria is determined to do is mess it up so it has to go back to the original plan. She sabotages Susan so she can't do the scene and tries to convince the producers she is more than capable of doing it alone.