1. M2.19 Leading Your Work Team
Afternoon study
M2.19 Leading Your Work Team

2. Leadership Styles
You have been introduced to each leadership style this morning. To further your understanding here are some resources for you to view.
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To summarise
Leader
Authoritative
Consultative
Supportive
Delegate
These are the 4 leadership styles referred to in the short questions.
What do the heading mean in terms of leadership style?

3. 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
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Consultative
Supportive
Delegative

4. 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

5. 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

6. When to use each of the 4 styles?
How would you use all 4 styles within your organisation?
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How may it impact on people and their performance?
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What can be learnt? Or developed?
What can you do to promote these in yourself?
What style are you? – Leadership hand-out

7. 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]

8. A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice
Quotes
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 follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice
The leaders who work most effectively think "we"; they think "team."
Good leaders must first become good servants
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means
“A leader is best when people barely know they exist, when their work is done, their aim fulfilled, people say: we did it ourselves.”

9. 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…

10. When there are problems… look for solutions
Creativity in the workplace
Turning problems into solutions

11. Self Managed Teams Power to the People
The videos you just watched should have given you some ideas about creativity and
innovation 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.

12. High Performance Teams
Creating high performance teams
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

13. What did you find… What are the four stages of building a team? 1. 2.3. 4.
What is the difference then, between work groups and work teams?
What must a leader do to promote self managed teams?

14. 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”

15. Empowerment
What techniques could a leader use to empower team members?
Please use your computer to research this topic. You can visit or something else. Please copy and paste your reference link here… [
Evaluate your own development needs required to become a more inspiring leader and record on your SWOT analysis.

16. We thought that these could be used to empower teams…
Training and coaching to develop talent
Participation in decision making
Involved in planning
Giving feedback
Delegation
Job rotation
What management style would you need to use to allow for self directed teams?

17. 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
Go through short answer questions with group and Q&A any areas of concern/confusion.
Ensure the group are happy before they leave for the day.

18. 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