The Adair Team Development Model
John Adair’s simple Action-Centered Leadership model provides a great blueprint for leadership and the management of any team, group or organization. Action Centered Leadership is also a simple leadership and management model, which makes it easy to remember and apply, and to adapt for your own situation.
Good managers and leaders should have full command of the three main areas of the Action Centered 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.
The three parts are:
- Achieving the task
- Building the team or group
- Developing individuals
This training consists of 6 sessions that will help participants understand these principals through experiential challenges. We will then bridge the conceptual challenges so they can be applied practically to your work situations. Follow up sessions can fine tune any specific areas of this training.
Session 1: Achieve the Task – Part 1
Your responsibilities as a manager for achieving the Task are:
- Identify aims and vision for the group, purpose, and direction – define the activity (the task)
- Identify resources, people, processes, systems and tools (inc. financials, communications, IT)
- Create the plan to achieve the task – deliverables, measures, timescales, strategy and tactics
- Establish responsibilities, objectives, accountability and measures, by agreement and delegation
Session 2: Achieve the Task – Part 2
- Set standards, quality, time and reporting parameters
- Control and maintain activities against parameters
- Monitor and maintain overall performance against plan
- Report on progress towards the group’s aim
- Review, re-assess, adjust plan, methods and targets as necessary
Session 3 : Build the Team – Part 1
Your responsibilities as a manager for the Team are:
- Establish, agree and communicate standards of performance and behavior
- Establish style, culture, approach of the group – soft skill elements
- Monitor and maintain discipline, ethics, integrity and focus on objectives
- Anticipate and resolve group conflict, struggles or disagreements
- Assess and change as necessary the balance and composition of the group
- Develop team-working, cooperation, morale and team-spirit
Session 4: Build the Team – Part 2
- Develop the collective maturity and capability of the group – progressively increase group freedom and authority
- Encourage the team towards objectives and aims – motivate the group and provide a collective sense of purpose
- Identify, develop and agree team- and project-leadership roles within group
- Enable, facilitate and ensure effective internal and external group communications
- Identify and meet group training needs
- Give feedback to the group on overall progress; consult with, and seek feedback and input from the group
Session 5 : Develop the Individual – Part 1
Your responsibilities as a manager for each Individual are:
- Understand the team members as individuals – personality, skills, strengths, needs, aims and fears
- Assist and support individuals – plans, problems, challenges, highs and lows
- Identify and agree appropriate individual responsibilities and objectives
- Give recognition and praise to individuals – acknowledge effort and good work
Session 6: Develop the Individual – Part 2
- Where appropriate reward individuals with extra responsibility, advancement and status
- Identify, develop and utilize each individual’s capabilities and strengths
- Train and develop individual team members
- Develop individual freedom and authority
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