Category 14 · 10 frameworks
Leadership & Developing Others
Practical models for leading teams and growing people, whether or not you hold a formal leadership title.
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GROW Model
John Whitmore, Coaching for Performance; developed with Graham Alexander and Alan Fine A coaching conversation structure: Goal, Reality, Options and Will (or Way forward). 02Situational Leadership
Paul Hersey & Ken Blanchard Match your leadership style to the person's readiness for a specific task, moving between directing, coaching, supporting and delegating. 03Tuckman's Stages of Group Development
Bruce Tuckman (1965); fifth stage added with Mary Ann Jensen (1977) Teams typically move through forming, storming, norming and performing, and adjourning when the work ends. 04Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (2002) A pyramid of team problems: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results. 05Multipliers
Liz Wiseman with Greg McKeown, Multipliers (2010) Some leaders amplify the intelligence and capability of their people (Multipliers); others drain it (Diminishers), often without meaning to. 06Psychological Safety
Amy Edmondson A shared belief within a team that it is safe to take interpersonal risks such as speaking up, asking questions or admitting mistakes. 07Delegation Poker
Jurgen Appelo, Management 3.0 Seven levels of delegation, from tell to delegate, used to agree explicitly who decides what. 08Action-Centred Leadership
John Adair Leadership means balancing three overlapping needs: achieving the task, building the team and developing the individual. 09Six Leadership Styles
Daniel Goleman, 'Leadership That Gets Results', Harvard Business Review (2000) Six styles: coercive, authoritative (visionary), affiliative, democratic, pacesetting and coaching. Effective leaders switch between them. 10Servant Leadership
Robert K. Greenleaf, 'The Servant as Leader' (1970) The leader's primary role is to serve others, helping them grow and perform, rather than to accumulate power.Not sure where to start?
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