Conditional Outdoor Leadership Theory (COLT): task and relationship orientation under favourable and unfavourable conditions

What this note covers

1. Where COLT comes from and why it suits the outdoors
2. Conditional favourability: the five factors
3. Reading the COLT diagram
4. Applying COLT to a scenario, step by step
5. Strengths and limitations of COLT
6. Pairing COLT with a contrasting theory

6 sections · 9 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes