Leadership
Introduction
Effective Leadership and Management is essential to any business. Leadership is about getting people to comprehend and believe in the vision you set and to work with you on achieving your goals, while management is more about administering and making sure the day-to-day activities are happening as they should.
These resources will help you;
make the distinction between management and leadership
assess your own leadership style
provide you with guidance on how you can become a better leader.
Watch
For those of you who like to watch a short video, here are just a few interesting ones that consider different aspects of leadership and management including the top 10 differences between leaders and managers and the perils of confusing these functions.
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
2024 Leadership trends
Good Feedback
How to leverage being an introvert
Leader Vs Manager
Transform your team
Read
If you prefer to read, here you will find a range of articles that cover many different aspects of leadership and management; including change management, leadership vs. management and transitioning into leadership.
Do
As with all knowledge, it only becomes truly useful when we start to use it! Here we have sourced a range of short courses to help you to develop your leadership skills in different ways. Pick a course that interests you and start turning your knowledge into useful business skills.
Stretch and Challenge Yourself
Learning to stretch our thinking skills is integral to accelerating our development. This is a really important part of the learning process, and gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your skills and show progression in your Apprenticeship.
Here are two challenges for you to pick from- should you choose to accept, this will help you to develop critical thinking, evaluation skills and encourage creativity.
Challenge 1 Analyse your own leadership style with the assessment to the left. Consider the results and evaluate your current style identifying strengths and any areas for development in your current skill set. Identify an area where you need to develop your leadership skills and discuss your reflection with your Talent Coach and agree on an action plan to take the next development steps.
Challenge 2
Choose an activity where you have had to lead or manage others. Critically evaluate your leadership style within this activity, identifying both strengths and weaknesses and alternative styles that may have been more effective. Conclude with the next steps for you to improve your leadership skills, justifying your conclusions, discuss your reflection with your Talent Coach and agree on an action plan to take the next development steps
Update your Learning Journal in OneFile with your evaluation and your reflections ready to discuss with your Talent Coach at your next review.
Reflect
Reflective practice is, in its simplest form, thinking about or reflecting on what you do. It’s a really important part of learning from experience.
Within your apprenticeship you will be encouraged to reflect throughout your programme, the reason for this is two-fold.
Regular reflection will accelerate your development and help you to identify areas to develop helping you to constantly move forward.
A summary or log of your reflections on your development will be required as part of your endpoint assessment activities. These reflections should demonstrate your ability to 'critically evaluate' your performance and development.
Reflection is a skill and practice will make it easier, it should also be an enjoyable experience and a chance to concentrate on what you need.
To support you to develop this skill we have gathered a range of resources and articles to help you find a reflective model that works for you.
Click on the button below to access the Reflective Practice page for additional resources.