Stan o'neal is a former ceo of merrill-lynch. according to hersey and blanchard's situational theory, o'neal is high in task behavior and low in relationship behavior. in other words, he uses a(n) leadership style.

In other words, he is likely using a telling leadership style. This type of leadership style causes individual or group of people involved to produce a low relationship behavior and in means of providing or producing a high task behavior.

uhh idk for sure but i think it makes it difficult to pump the oil through the oil rigs