Action centred Leadership by Adair John
Introduction
Action centred Leadership is a well-developed model by Adair John in the year 1960s. The model is presented in a template that is very simple, and it is used to help in guiding mostly in the process of management and leadership of any team (Kohler & Reinhold, p. 51). Action Centered Leadership contains three components concerning leadership and management. These components include achieving tasks, management of a given group that makes the team and individual management that make up a team. Therefore, in this paper, I have agreed with the contention of Adair on his two accounts.
It is true that motivation is a great factor in every organization that has set the pace to thrive. Therefore, I agree with the rule of Adair that 50% concerning motivation in any team comes an individual and the other half-percentage comes from the external factors such as leadership (Adair, p. 14). Individual motivation is vital in every organization; therefore, an individual should have satisfied feeling towards their tasks because this will help an employee to complete his task successfully. The working environment is also another factor that motivates an individual. An individual will be motivated with a conducive and peaceful working environment of an organization.
An external factor, such as leadership is responsible for team member motivation because leaders are responsible for the development and progress of every team members. Leaders should recognize the team members because this creates a motivational spirit to the team members (Marshall et al. p. 311). For example, leaders should motivate team members by increasing their salary because this will make them perform their tasks to their best ability. Taking team members for a retreat to have fun promotes motivation among the team members and open communication will create a platform for team members to air out their grievances and this will help to achieve the goal of the organization and increase performance.
For the team building to be successful, both the team and the team leader should contribute equally to ensure that the team has thrived well. The team should form workgroups because that will help in making the team effective to complete their tasks successfully (Kohler & Reinhold, 51). The team should maintain retention and promotion of group cohesiveness in order to ensure that the team is functioning efficiently. For example, nay team that is not united will at the end of the day fall, but when united, they will standard.
On the other side leaders also contribute to the success of the team building, they are responsible for organizing the team, including the structure of the team in order to achieve the goal of the organization. Leaders are supposed to set an example to the team members if the leaders want a purpose to be obtained, but they don’t show support and act ethically then the team will fall (Adair, p. 14). Leaders are also supposed to motivate team members for a successful team building. They should ensure that they set realistic goals to the team members that they can achieve and provide fair rewards to them.
Conclusion
Action Centered Leadership model is vital because it ensures that there is proper motivation within an organization. It helps to create awareness on how individuals should motivate themselves and how leaders are supposed to ensure that there is the motivation among the team members within the organization. It also provides proper means that helps to maintain successful team building within an organization. It is, therefore, vital that every organization should ensure that there is Action Centered Leadership model for the successful motivation of team members.
Cited work
Adair, J. “Action centred leadership—A model for team leadership and management.” Consultado en http://www. businessballs. com/action. htm, el 14 (2005).
Kohler, Reinhold. “Selected Significant Leadership Roles, Skills and Abilities.” Optimization of Leadership Style. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden, 2016. 51-80.
Marshall, Robert C. Bob. “Leadership Models, Processes, and Practices.” Clinical Informatics Study Guide. Springer, Cham, 2016. 311-341.