Team Leadership: John Adair’s Action Centered Leadership
John Adair’s Action Centered Leadership model (sometimes known as the three circles model) is one of the best models for Team Leadership. Every manager should know it.
Watching this video is worth 3 Management Courses CPD Points*.
(See below for more details)
This video is part of course module number 4.3.3
Program 4: Managing & Leading Groups
Course 3: Teams
Section 3: Team Leadership
Other videos in this section include:
– Team Leadership and the Tuckman Group Development Stages https://youtu.be/qtwMA6EQRKo
– Servant Leadership: Leading Your Team in the Tuckman Performing Stage https://youtu.be/_YEKWXbmMp8
– LEAD Your Team: 4 Team Leadership Priorities https://youtu.be/PERd_fnUalQ
– Four Quadrants of Team Leadership https://youtu.be/kvEWWST-oh8
– Team Leadership Continuum https://youtu.be/-OL_p2Cx3Jc
– Daniel Goleman’s 6 Leadership Styles for Team Leaders https://youtu.be/xN7sjQYNkhg
– Handling Team Problems https://youtu.be/-Zfy3Ef8P_0
LESSON NOTES
John Adair – Action Centered Leadership:
1. Achieving the Task
a. needs clarity and sense of purpose
b. Plan
c. what’s expected of us
2. Building and Maintaining the Team
a. shared purpose
b. collaboration
c. pride in collective achievements
3. Developing the Individual
a. physical and psychological needs
b. fairness
c. recognition and status
To these, I’d add communication, as a wrap-around
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
1. The Action Centered Leadership model sets out our roles as a team leader. Inventory your performance against Adair’s three team leadership roles, plus communication. How well are you performing? Where are your strong and weak points? (4 MC CPD Points)
2. What changes do you need to make? (2 MC CPD Points)
3. Make those changes and monitor your performance and the outcomes your choices have on your team’s performance for two weeks. Reflect on what you learn and what your next priorities are. (3 MC CPD Points)
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RECOMMENDED READING
For this module, my top pick is a short and inexpensive book: John Adair’s ‘Effective Leadership: How to Be a Successful Leader’ https://geni.us/k8FT
– The Five Dysfunctions of a Team https://geni.us/wbIE
– The Wisdom of Teams https://geni.us/7i1AL
– The Belbin Guide to Succeeding at Work https://geni.us/Kzc4GV4
– Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart https://geni.us/oAgEOdA
– Pulling Together: 10 Rules for High-Performance Teamwork https://geni.us/zUVV3G
– HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Teams https://geni.us/0DLsNe4
Managers need a basic set of kit to do your job well. Here are my top recommendations: https://kit.co/MikeClayton/manager-s-work-kit (the links are affiliated)
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