Adair's Action-Centred Leadership Analysis
4. Introduction
The time I displayed leadership was when I got promoted to the post of Personnel Practitioner in 2011 and had to manage the Nursing Staff Office of the organisation.
My career started shaping as I got introduced to Junior Management and all challenges that came with it. I started to identify numerous shortcomings within my department and implemented various strategies, plans and procedures to address the shortage my department faced in terms of effectively rendering a service to the organisation and the Nursing staff.
I soon found myself being identified by Top Management to head a number of special projects in order to ensure compliance. One of the special projects was the implementation of an Archive and centralised Registry …show more content…
I also rewarded them by giving permission to leave work earlier than normal on that following Friday.
I would say that the above situation required me to think on my feet and apply a variety of approaches to leadership theory in order to control the situation. I definitely applied the Adair’s Action-Centred Leadership approach by focusing what needs to happen and balance the task and the team. My concern for production and concern for people implies that I applied the Black and Mouton and Blake and McCanse behavioural styles. The Situational approach and Path-Goal Theory was without realising it applied as I can identify when looking back in hindsight that the leadership styles I enacted was that of directive, supportive, participative and achievement-oriented.
According to the Blake Mouton model, I definitely would say that the Team Management – High Production/High People leadership style is more applicable to me as I am passionate about my work and does the best that I can for the people who I work with. I am committed to the organisation’s goals and mission, motivate people who report to me, and work hard to get people to deliver great results.
The time I displayed leadership was when I got promoted to the post of Personnel Practitioner in 2011 and had to manage the Nursing Staff Office of the organisation.
My career started shaping as I got introduced to Junior Management and all challenges that came with it. I started to identify numerous shortcomings within my department and implemented various strategies, plans and procedures to address the shortage my department faced in terms of effectively rendering a service to the organisation and the Nursing staff.
I soon found myself being identified by Top Management to head a number of special projects in order to ensure compliance. One of the special projects was the implementation of an Archive and centralised Registry …show more content…
I also rewarded them by giving permission to leave work earlier than normal on that following Friday.
I would say that the above situation required me to think on my feet and apply a variety of approaches to leadership theory in order to control the situation. I definitely applied the Adair’s Action-Centred Leadership approach by focusing what needs to happen and balance the task and the team. My concern for production and concern for people implies that I applied the Black and Mouton and Blake and McCanse behavioural styles. The Situational approach and Path-Goal Theory was without realising it applied as I can identify when looking back in hindsight that the leadership styles I enacted was that of directive, supportive, participative and achievement-oriented.
According to the Blake Mouton model, I definitely would say that the Team Management – High Production/High People leadership style is more applicable to me as I am passionate about my work and does the best that I can for the people who I work with. I am committed to the organisation’s goals and mission, motivate people who report to me, and work hard to get people to deliver great results.