Action Centered Leadership Analysis
Leadership Theories
Leadership Skills
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Action Centered Leadership is a popular leadership model to follow in large part because of the simplicity that it offers. Just by understanding the basics of the three areas of leadership provided in this model—Task, Team, and Individual—a leader will be well on the way to a successful project. Each of these three areas is vitally important, and it will be difficult to succeed in one area without support from the other. Bringing all three together properly isn’t always going to be easy, but it is a goal that each leader in an organization should strive to achieve.
Key Points
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Action centered leadership involves balancing task, team and individual focus.
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Each of these three elements plays an important role in the leadership picture, and only when all three are balanced properly will the leader be achieving success. 44
No matter what the goal is, that task is what will guide the leadership that has to be provided to the team.
44
Making sure that the team as a whole feels invested in the success of the group is something that a good leader will be able to accomplish.
44
Only when the leader is able to place each person in the role that is best …show more content…
However, it will be worth the effort because the leader who is able to reach this quadrant of the grid is one that is likely to be well-received by his or her superiors for their work.
In the real world, things aren’t always as black and white as they can appear on a grid and managers often adopt the ‘Middle of the Road’ management approach. This means sometimes the focus is concentrated more on the task and at other times more on the people. Leadership styles and decisions take on many different shapes, and it isn’t always easy to decide how they fit into a certain mold.
The Blake-Mouton Managerial Grid is a good starting point for understanding the basic leadership options that a manager has when dealing with their employees. Avoiding the extremes and trying to balance all of the various interests at any one time is usually the best tact to take. Whether using the grid to evaluate yourself or someone else in your organization, it is a tool that remains useful decades after its creation.
ISBN 978-1-62620-778-4 © www.free-management-ebooks.com
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Leadership Theories
Key Points
Leadership Skills
Team FME www.free-management-ebooks.com ISBN 978-1-62620-778-4
Copyright Notice
© www.free-management-ebooks.com 2015. All Rights Reserved
ISBN 978-1-62620-778-4
The material contained within this electronic publication is protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and treaties, and as such any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is strictly prohibited.
You may not copy, forward, or transfer this publication or any part of it, whether in electronic or printed form, to another person, or entity.
Reproduction or translation of any part of this work without the permission of the copyright holder is against the law.
Your downloading and use of this eBook requires, and is an indication …show more content…
Action Centered Leadership is a popular leadership model to follow in large part because of the simplicity that it offers. Just by understanding the basics of the three areas of leadership provided in this model—Task, Team, and Individual—a leader will be well on the way to a successful project. Each of these three areas is vitally important, and it will be difficult to succeed in one area without support from the other. Bringing all three together properly isn’t always going to be easy, but it is a goal that each leader in an organization should strive to achieve.
Key Points
44
Action centered leadership involves balancing task, team and individual focus.
44
Each of these three elements plays an important role in the leadership picture, and only when all three are balanced properly will the leader be achieving success. 44
No matter what the goal is, that task is what will guide the leadership that has to be provided to the team.
44
Making sure that the team as a whole feels invested in the success of the group is something that a good leader will be able to accomplish.
44
Only when the leader is able to place each person in the role that is best …show more content…
However, it will be worth the effort because the leader who is able to reach this quadrant of the grid is one that is likely to be well-received by his or her superiors for their work.
In the real world, things aren’t always as black and white as they can appear on a grid and managers often adopt the ‘Middle of the Road’ management approach. This means sometimes the focus is concentrated more on the task and at other times more on the people. Leadership styles and decisions take on many different shapes, and it isn’t always easy to decide how they fit into a certain mold.
The Blake-Mouton Managerial Grid is a good starting point for understanding the basic leadership options that a manager has when dealing with their employees. Avoiding the extremes and trying to balance all of the various interests at any one time is usually the best tact to take. Whether using the grid to evaluate yourself or someone else in your organization, it is a tool that remains useful decades after its creation.
ISBN 978-1-62620-778-4 © www.free-management-ebooks.com
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Leadership Theories
Key Points