Action Centered Leadership (sometimes known as ACL) is a model that was first published in 1973 by leadership expert, John Adair.
It's so-called because it highlights the key actions that leaders have to take when managing their teams. And it's particularly helpful because it groups these responsibilities together under three key areas:
• Task: Achieving the team's goal.
• Team: Developing and building your team, so that it's ever more effective.
• Individual: Helping individuals develop their full potential in the workplace.
It's so-called because it highlights the key actions that leaders have to take when managing their teams. And it's particularly helpful because it groups these responsibilities together under three key areas:
• Task: Achieving the team's goal.
• Team: Developing and building your team, so that it's ever more effective.
• Individual: Helping individuals develop their full potential in the workplace.
The model states that leaders must balance the actions they take across all three key areas if they want their group to succeed. The areas are interdependent; if a leader focuses too much on one area and neglects the other two, then the group will experience problems.
Action Centred Leadership is also a simple leadership and management model, which makes it easy to remember and apply, and to adapt for your your own situation.
Good managers and leaders should have full command of the three main areas of the Action Centred Leadership model, and should be able to use each of the elements according to the situation. Being able to do all of these things, and keep the right balance, gets results, builds morale, improves quality, develops teams and productivity, and is the mark of a successful manager and leader.
A good example of this is the logic game "A farmer's problem". We weren't given an objective or a goal. Instead, we were given statements and we have to find out what our objective was. We wouldn't have any help e.g teachers, writing material, technology, just us four with the statements. We would only know the objective once the time ends or if we some how got the answer. The whole point of this game was to see how well your leader did. Whether he / she only wanted the task to be done, they feel that they care more about the people working with them or, what the group really need / want.
I think I was towards "Task needs" towards the end of the time, the entire group gave up and I was the only one not willing to sit this one out so I kept working at it. During the last 15 minutes of the extra time, I could write down my findings so, I kept working on it as my team members left me. It was much easier when we could write, it was a tough challenge but, thats what motivated me to keep going. Unfortunately, I made one super minor mistake.
Action Centred Leadership is also a simple leadership and management model, which makes it easy to remember and apply, and to adapt for your your own situation.
Good managers and leaders should have full command of the three main areas of the Action Centred Leadership model, and should be able to use each of the elements according to the situation. Being able to do all of these things, and keep the right balance, gets results, builds morale, improves quality, develops teams and productivity, and is the mark of a successful manager and leader.
A good example of this is the logic game "A farmer's problem". We weren't given an objective or a goal. Instead, we were given statements and we have to find out what our objective was. We wouldn't have any help e.g teachers, writing material, technology, just us four with the statements. We would only know the objective once the time ends or if we some how got the answer. The whole point of this game was to see how well your leader did. Whether he / she only wanted the task to be done, they feel that they care more about the people working with them or, what the group really need / want.
I think I was towards "Task needs" towards the end of the time, the entire group gave up and I was the only one not willing to sit this one out so I kept working at it. During the last 15 minutes of the extra time, I could write down my findings so, I kept working on it as my team members left me. It was much easier when we could write, it was a tough challenge but, thats what motivated me to keep going. Unfortunately, I made one super minor mistake.