Developmental Continuum

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The developmental continuum refers to a cycle of professional development going from D1 to D4, representing development levels related to competence and commitment of followers. An individual can move back and forth along the developmental continuum (Northouse, 2015). When a D4 follower who has done a great job and is ready to take more responsibilities gets promoted, he ends up D4 and goes back to D1 again because he will have new goals. The cycle starts over. Thus, leaders should determine the correct development level and adapt their leadership behaviors to that development level.
For the characteristics of the four levels, D1 followers are characterized by a low level of competence and a high level of commitment (Northouse, 2015). They

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