TEAM LEADERSHIP

Topic: Team Leadership


There are very many theories
and models of leadership,
leadership philosophies and
leadership styles.
When we look at Team
Leadership, Management and
Motivation you will learn
about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Adair’s Action
Centred Leadership. We also consider how important
money is in the management of motivation.
Team Leadership.
There are very many theories and models of leadership,
leadership philosophies and leadership styles.
Let’s consider Action Centred Leadership.
Action Centred Leadership – John Adair – A model for
team leadership and management
John Adair (born 1934) developed his Action Centred
Leadership (ACL) model while lecturing at Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy and as assistant director and
head of leadership department at The Industrial
Society, during the 1960 and 1970s
The ACL model is Adair’s best known work, in which
there are three elements, which are;-
Achieving the Task
Developing the Team
Developing Individuals
They are mutually dependent, as well as being
separately essential to the overall leadership role.
Adair set out these core functions of leadership, vital
to the ACL model:
Planning – seeking information, defining tasks,
setting aims.
Initiating – briefing, task allocation, setting
standards.
Controlling – maintaining standards, ensuring
progress, ongoing decision-making.
Supporting – individuals’ contributions, encouraging,
team spirit, reconciling, encouraging morale.
Informing – clarifying tasks and plans, updating,
receiving feedback and interpreting.
Evaluating – feasibility of ideas, performance,
enabling self-assessment.
Adair promotes a ’50:50 rule’ – the view that 50% of
motivation lies with the individual and 50% comes from
external factors, among them leadership from another.
He also suggests that 50% of team building success
comes from the team and 50% from the leader.
Successful managers and leaders focus on all three
areas of the Action Centred Leadership model, to get
results, build morale, improve quality and productivity,
and develop their team.
The three parts of Adair’s Action-Centred Leadership
model are commonly represented by three overlapping
circles, which is a trademark belonging to John Adair.
It is one of the most recognizable and iconic symbols
within management theory.
CONTINUE IN NEXT LESSON.