I'm the leader of the gang I am
Dec 4 2006
The latest buzzword at work seems to be leaders.
Line managers becoming leaders, there are leadership courses to go on, our Head of
Dept says we can all be leaders, if we want to.
There is a leadership impact assessment to fill in and leadership questionaire.
Can someone shed any light on what all this is about?
It seems like another management ploy like quality circles, team working etc
Dec 4 2006
#2
Public sector of course
Dec 4 2006
#3
They might have had some consultants in who recommended the training as part of an action plan. Is it just your team or the entire workplace?
Dec 4 2006
#4
The HR dept and staff development dept have merged and I thinks its a initiative thats come from them for all the
support staff. But why are managers now called leaders?
A leader to me is Ghandi or Martin Luther King not Jean from
the Admin dept.
Dec 4 2006
#5
Because someone can be a "leader" regardless of job title - so it becomes a blur to the distinction between management and other staff. It can also be used to divvy staff up by making members of staff "leaders" on particular tasks etc.
Dec 5 2006
#6
also as leader is not a job title it has no connection to salary.
The Office, I'm sorry wrote:
“Team leader don’t mean anything mate.”
“Excuse me, it means I’m the leader of a team.”
“No it doesn't-it’s a title someone’s given you to get you to do something they don’t want to do, for free. Right? It’s like making a div kid at school milk monitor. No one respects it.”
“I think they do.”
“No they don’t Gareth.”
“Er, yes they do, because if people were rude to me then I used to give them their milk last, so it was warm.”
Maybe someone went on a training course? What sector do you work in?