Hitler was also extremely ut his leacership. His authoritarian ao directions and punitive style necessitate: inant complete obedicnre and represents an extremely severe form of taxte directive leadership. Le was very considerate and supportive of his personal staff and of the generals who were successful in military campaigns. He used contingent reward behavior with successful generals by granting them homes and estates and was highly punitive of those who were not successful. Several of these leadersiip behaviors are described in contingency theeries of leadership ineluding the Multiple Linkage Madel, Path Goal Theory, Situational Leadership Theory and Fiedler’s Contingency [heory. Although Hitler believed he was an excellent negotiator, his typical strategy was to use threats to coerce his negotiating partner into comphance or to de and agree to terms that he had no intention of following. Eventually others learned of his duplicity ané refused to cooperate with his threats and did not believe his lies, In the end, his extemal boundary spanning was not ellecive as others refused lo comply with his demands in negotzations, Boundary spanning leadership is described in the Multiple Linkage Model and Reformulated Path-Goal Theory of Leadership.