Afternoon study

M2.19 Leading Your Work Team

Leader

Authoritative Consultative Supportive Delegate

Leadership Styles

You have been introduced to each leadership style this morning. To further your understanding here are some resources for you to view.

• DVD available from tutor• Login to www.i-l-m.com and go

to http://ilm.lms.crossknowledge.com/data/modules/crossknowledge/interfaces/campus.php?registration_id=13270&step_id=520

• To summarise http://www.i-l-m.com/about-ilm/leadership-styles.aspx

• Think for a moment of the benefits and drawbacks for each management style and include your thoughts in the table below by clicking into the corresponding text box.

BENEFITS DRAWBACKS

Authoritative Click here to begin

Consultative

Supportive

Delegative

These are what we consider to be the main traits of each leadership style

Authoritative Consultative• Instructs and Directs• Controls• Allocates

roles/responsibilities• Supervises all activity• States how tasks are to be

done

• Gives instructions• Offers feedback• Monitors performance• Will consider team

members ideas

Styles

Supportive Delegative• Active team member• Involves all in decisions• Shares responsibility• Allows team to make

decisions• Exchanges feedback to

improve performance

• Steps away from the team• Advises only when

appropriate• Delegates to the team

When to use each of the 4 styles?How would you use all 4 styles within your organisation?• Write your answer here

How may it impact on people and their performance?Write your answer here

We considered that some behaviours matched some of the leadership styles

• If you need to TELL someone something [ Authoritative]

• If you need to SELL a concept to the team [Consultative]

• If you want the team to PARTICIPATE then be [supportive]

• If you want to ENABLE a team (under caution – see self directed teams) [delegative]

Quotes

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,

you are a leader.The leaders who work most effectively think "we"; they think "team."

Good leaders must first become good servants

“A leader is best when people barely know they exist, when their work is done, their aim fulfilled,

people say: we did it ourselves.”

Setting an example is not the main means

of influencing others, it is the only means

Leadership is not a position. It is a combination of

something you are (character) and some

things you do (competence).

A leader is someone you choose to followto a place you wouldn't go by yourself

Leader’s promote creativity in the workplace

When we think of leaders we know, how well are they at promoting creativity in the workplace? This means that new ideas are created to come up with solutions to current or future problems..

• In order to promote ownership and a sense of responsibility, allowing a work team to find their own solutions is a key trait of good leadership.

• Follow the links on the next page to find out more…

When there are problems… look for solutions

• Creativity in the workplace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU&feature=related

• Turning problems into solutions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb59hZ02MQc&feature=related

Self Managed Teams

Power to the People

The videos you just watched should have given you some ideas about creativity andinnovation and how that can be utilised in the workplace to promote the idea of self managed teams… think about how you might be able to promote such an ethos in your place of work and make any relevant notes.

High Performance Teams

Creating high performance teams http://cours3.crossknowledge.com/ckplayer2/default.aspx?skin=DEFAULT&c=367250524F7778477750796C386E45736F33454D52513D3D&AICC_SID=58888&AICC_URL=http%3a%2f%2film.lms.crossknowledge.com%2fdata%2fmodules%2fcrossknowledge%2faicc%2fcmi.php&lgf=en-GB This is an ILM resource so you must login first. The content is vast, however they have videos and summaries of the four stages of building a team. Please login and although you can use any of the links I would ask you to focus on these four stages of building a team.

Self directed team http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM9p4o050EY&feature=related

What did you find…

What are the four stages of building a team?

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What is the difference then, between work groups and work teams?

What must a leader do to promote self managed teams?

We also thought that this might be useful to you too…

A self managed team…• Organises the work• Find solutions• Allocating roles• Dealing with

customers

The benefits to an organisation are?• Improved performance• Improved motivation• Improved flexibility• Improved quality• Cost savings• Reduce the amount of

“chiefs”

Empowerment

• What techniques could a leader use to empower team members?

Please use your computer to research this topic. You can visit www.businessballs.com www.google.co.uk or something else. Please copy and paste your reference link here… [

We thought that these could be used to empower teams…

Training and coaching to develop talentParticipation in decision makingInvolved in planningGiving feedbackDelegationJob rotation

What management style would you need to use to allow for self directed teams?

Task

• To complete this unit please complete the ‘short answer’ question sheet to be found on the home page of the WIKI site entitled

• ‘Leading the team’ M2.19

You should now be able to…

• Describe the qualities of a leader

• Differentiate between leadership and management

• Explain 4 different leadership styles and their impacts

• Identify your own styles• Explain the benefits of

self managed teams• Identify how to

empower members of the team