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MANAGER INDUCTION STANDARDS

1.1d Describe one area where you’ve demonstrated leadership skills and one where you’ve demonstrated management skills.

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Consider the role of a manager in your social care organisation. Describe one area where you’ve demonstrated leadership skills and one where you’ve demonstrated management skills. Give reasons for your choice of style.

 

Area of responsibilityReasons for choice
LeadershipExploring ways to help a client lose weight in collaboration with the client and team. Ideas were discussed in a team meeting.Democratic – everyone involved discussed ideas and decided the way forward. This meant that staff and the client had ownership of the ideas and would be more likely to follow through with the plan.
Management Telling a member of staff they are not allowed to use Facebook on their phone whilst at work as part of their Supervision.Autocratic – this is company policy and non-negotiable. I had already spoken to the member of staff about this in an informal setting but they continued to do so, so was forced to bring this up formally and in writing.

1.1c Use this table to think about your own approach to delegation and see if you can plot the qualities you adopt naturally.

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Consider ‘delegation’ – a task we all need to do at regular times in our role. Use this table to think about your own approach to delegation and see if you can plot the qualities you adopt naturally. Some will have more of a leadership approach and some more managerial. Reflect on how this affected the success of the delegation activity.

 

Delegation taskDelegation of weekly drug stock check to a member of the team.

I told the staff member it was an important responsibility that I believed they would be good at because they are meticulously good with paperwork. Rather than telling them they had to do it, I asked if they would like to do it. They said they didn’t feel very confident about doing it, so I said that I would do it with them until they felt confident enough to do it on their own. After I had helped remove some of their doubts, they agreed to do it.

Natural qualities demonstratedOffering choice

Negotiation

Coaching

Building confidence in others

Positive reinforcement

Outcome of delegation taskI showed them how to do it the first time, then observed them do it themselves the second time. They then felt confident enough to do it by themselves but I made sure they were aware that I was available to contact if they had any difficulties.
How would a different approach have improved the outcome further?I could have delegated the task of training the staff member in doing the drug stock check to another staff member that already knew how to do it, therefore freeing up more time for myself.

I could have trained all staff members to do the drug stock check at the same time and made the task a team responsibility.

1.1b Can you recognise a particular management style that you tend to adopt?

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Can you recognise a particular management style that you tend to adopt? You may find it’s a combination of some of the styles mentioned above. Think of particular decisions or management tasks you’ve been involved in and how you managed the decision making or task process.

 

Using different management styles
Describe a situation where you have managed a decision making or task process

A team member called me because a client had angrily walked out of his house and into the community and didn’t want staff to accompany him. I advised that staff should stay at the house and await his return when he had calmed down, but to call me back if he hadn’t returned within 30 minutes.

     
What style(s) can you identify in this situation?

Autocratic – I decided the best course of action.

     
Consider how using an alternative style may have affected the situation and outline the effects this may have had on the situation – both positive and negative
Alternative style:      Consultative – I could have asked the staff member what they thought the best of action would be.
Positives: Staff would be forced to think about the situation and themselves, contributing towards their development, self-confidence and motivation.
     
Negatives: Would have taken longer to discuss options. Inexperienced staff may have made the wrong call (e.g. following the client outside when he wanted to be alone may have increased his levels of anxiety).

1.1a Can you name three great leaders and identify why they inspire you?

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Modernised mugshots of great leaders: Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Dalai lama, Martin Luther King and Barack Obama

The first question in the Manager Induction Standards workbook asks you to name three great leaders and explain why they are inspirational to you.

Who you choose does not really matter. The important part is being able to recognise their leadership qualities and how they contributed to their achievements.

I chose the following people:

Name What makes them inspirational?
GhandiAchieved major political change using peaceful means.
Dalai LamaCreated Tibetan parliament and educational system after being exiled from Tibet.

Promotes peace, loving kindness and tolerance.

Albert EinsteinMade many scientific discoveries that changed the way we think about the world.  

But you could choose anybody that you think was able to lead others or was a pioneer of their time. Some people you may consider are:

  • Pope Francis
  • Donald Trump
  • Muhammad
  • Rupaul
  • Adolf Hitler (despite his abhorrence, he was an effective leader)
  • Winston Churchill
  • Nelson Mandela
  • George Washington
  • Alexander the Great
  • Ghengis Kahn
  • Florence Nightingale

 

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