| No. | Disadvantages of The Contingency approach |
| 1 | Failing to fully explain why people with certain leadership styles are more effective in some situations than in others |
| 2 | Focus so much on relationships that they fail to do a task |
| 3 | Difficult for respondents to understand how their descriptions of another person on the scale reflect their leadership style |
| 4 | Problematic to measure |
| 5 | The scale instructions are not clear |
| 6 | Often challenged |