Unit 154 outcome 5.1 5.2 5.3 The role of stakeholders in coaching and mentoring is crucial for managers to see the value and understand the importance of developing individuals, teams and the overall organisation. The primary relationship in any coaching or mentoring scheme is between the coach/mentor and the individual, but this may not be the only important relationship. Other key stakeholders such as the people representing the organisation’s interests, in most cases an HR and/or learning and development practitioner, and the individual’s manager. All of these parties are interested in improving the individual’s performance and therefore their contribution to the organisation. Most facilitated mentoring programmes have a formal process which defines each step and audits the ongoing success of the program.
Contributing factors like the type of the organization, its size, experience, and how consistent the culture is with its leadership behavior, do have an effect on its development (Valentine, 2011). This paper will attempt to explain how leadership styles and organizational cultures are connected, and what role leadership must take to maintain it. Does the culture shape the leader or does the leadership shape organizational culture? Comprehensive review of the scholarly literature Most organizations have a set of values. It is the degree in which those values live that determine whether they become a part of its culture.
Team leaders serve various roles in an organization. The main role is to get results through others. They need to get tasks done by using all of the resources available to them, including other employees or 'team members'. Each role has a different set of responsibilities attached to it. The key responsibilities of a team leader are: Providing structure for the team - This is associated to setting a clear vision to provide purpose, clarify roles and responsibilities, allocate tasks and set objectives.
1. Outline the role of the team leader Leadership can be hard to define and it means different things to different people. Team leaders serve various roles in an organization but their main role is to lead a group of people in order to achieve a set goal, help to provide the best services with the use of available resources. To be able to achieve aims of the organisation people must be committed to work and willing to give their time and energy to something that they believe in. The role of the team leader is to motivate people to effective and hard work to the highest standards by promoting positive teamwork and by acknowledging their efforts.
A good deal of leadership can come from people who are not formal leaders. Leading is the result of using one’s role and leadership ability to influence others in some way. True leaders are not “bosses” or “commanders”. Instead of power, true leadership comes from influence, congruence and integrity. Successful leaders are committed to “creating a world to which people want to belong”.
Some of the characteristics include: listening skills, foresight, relationship skills, charisma, and communication. The different types of leaders are servant, transformational, democratic, authoritarian/autocratic, and laissez-faire. Leader Types Servant leaders are skilled in listening, acceptance and foresight. They also communicate with others in the organization to build community within the organization. This leadership style also uses the
Abstract A leader is someone who has the ability to influence followers that have the same determination and outcomes for change as they do. People build their leadership qualities through life experiences. Great leaders are able to effectively influence their subordinates. This influencing is usually done by using their authority. Most people tend to believe and trust in people in authority because they have reputation and rapport.
These specific skills include project management, technical expertise, cognitive, and interpersonal (Yukl, 2006). Leadership is the major factor in determining how and if an organization will perform well. The leader must have the ability to develop plans to focus on the company’s requirements for short-term and long-term objectives. It is also necessary for the leader to
1.2 Differing styles of Management and Leadership can have an enormous impact on the attainment of organisational objectives. An effective Manager can achieve positive outcomes for their organisation by employing good Leadership skills. This can sometimes help to both exceed expected outcomes and also improve staff morale which can have the by product of resulting in effective Team Building, which leads to increased productivity, but this can only be achieved by combining both aspects of Management and Leadership. 1 Understand the skills and styles of Management and Leadership 2.3 The personal skills required for effective Management are good organisational skills and communicational skills, a desire to complete tasks and achievements and an enjoyment of building relationships and guiding people. If a person has these aforementioned personal attributes it makes for a natural progression into acquiring the professional skills needed for Management such as, developing the ability to adapt to changes as they arise and rethink your structures and process if required.
Understanding Leadership Understanding Leadership Styles 1.1. Describe the factors that will influence the choice of leadership styles or behaviours in workplace situations. A common comparison of leadership and management is the quote from Peter Drucker ‘leadership is doing the right things, management is doing things right’. Leadership is a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task. The key words here are ‘social influence’ and ‘enlist the aid’.