According to Fiedler, the favorability of a leadership situation can be analyzed in terms of three elements: the quality of relationships between leader and followers, the personality traits of the leader, and the extent to which the leader has formal authority over followers.

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Fiedler's model focuses on three elements: the leader-member relations (quality of relationships between leader and followers), task structure (the degree to which job assignments are procedurized), and the leader's position power (the extent to which the leader has formal authority over followers). It does not include the personality traits of the leader as a factor in analyzing the favorability of a leadership situation.

According to Fiedler, the Favorability of a Leadership Situation Can