M3.10. Introduction to leadership
Leadership Styles
• Identify factors that will influence your choice of leadership styles and explain why your leadership styles are likely to positively affect your team.
There are a number of different factors that can influence the style of leadership I employ within my team. To aid in deciding what style of leadership is appropriate for my particular team it is vital that I understand not only how my team is performing or even capable of performing but also the dynamics and personalities of the individuals making up the team.
During the 1970’s, Dr Meredith Belbin and a team of researchers at the Henley Management Collage, conducted observations on a number of teams in …show more content…
It is essential that as a leader I am able to understand the possible behavioural role that an individual may exhibit when assessing the effectiveness of a team’s development and performance. By each member of my scheduling team completing the Belbin team inventory or Belbin self perception inventory as it is sometimes referred to and then analysing the results, I would be able to ensure that there is an even balance of “roles” within my scheduling team.
I could use Belbin to establish that I have the correct behavioural dynamics or roles for my team of schedulers and then I would be more able to evaluate at what stage of performance or development the team is and thus what style of leadership may be appropriate for my particular …show more content…
In relation to the task, I need to maintain a clear vision of our aims, purpose and direction in ensuring that the task is completed. I am responsible for ensuring that I meet my contracts’ SLAs and my departmental KPIs. I need to set and constantly assess the standards by which our success or failure is measured and I have the responsibility to report and investigate when we fail to meet the required standards.
For my team I have to set and monitor the standards of performance, behaviour, discipline, morale and motivation exhibited by my team. I need to ensure that I am able to identify and deliver the required feed back on my team’s progress and also identify, agree and set long term objectives and goals for the team. I am able to review them on a yearly basis with their annual reviews, where we can agree on objectives that they will be required to achieve. By setting and achieving these objectives the team is given a sense of