Nursing Managers hold a vital role in matching the vision of the institution with the vision of staff at the bed-side. Study Aim: Assess nursing manager's situational leadership style and nurses' work readiness levels. Study subject: nursing managers No=84 and 420 nurses. Setting: Assiut and Sohag Universities hospitals. Tools; consists of; 1) Personal data sheet, 2) Situational leadership styles questionnaire, 3) Work readiness scale validity and reliability were ensured Results: highest percentage of nursing managers at Assiut and Sohag universities hospitals utilize participative style (50% & 47.6%) respectively, meanwhile lowest percentage of them utilize delegative leadership style (4.8%, and 2.4%) respectively. Also the highest percentages of nurses at Assiut and Sohag Universities Hospitals had moderate work readiness level (54.8%, & 48.6%) respectively, followed by high work readiness level (38.1%, 28.6) respectively. Conclusions; this study concluded that; the majority of Assiut and Sohag Universities hospitals nursing managers not utilize situational leadership style. But only more than half of nursing managers at Assiut and less than half of nursing managers at Sohage utilize participative style, also highest percent of nurses work readiness levels were moderate. Recommendation: Condensed training for nursing managers must be done to enable nursing managers to utilize leadership styles that best fit with nurse's work readiness level.