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Purposeful Leadership

The instructor of the Leadership Foundations course on LinkedIn Learning presents as part of the course

Purposeful leadership is fundamental to effective leadership, whether that be at a strategic, team or individual level. Purposeful leadership ensures we achieve our goals on both a human and task level.

LinkedIn Learning and external resources:

Tips on purpose leadership

Some useful tips for purposeful leadership from our leaders and managers surgeries were:

  • Start with the 'why'.
  • View the Universal Values, Global Change - University of Leeds Strategy 2020-30
  • Instigate reflection time (practice being a reflective practitioner).
  • Utilise new technologies to engage team, eg, Padlet, MS Polls, to ensure all voices are heard.
  • Get to know your individual team members needs and motivators to align to goals.
  • Set Agenda's to incorporate Calls to Help, Top Tips, Victories, Time for Me.
  • Incorporate behavioural as well as task orientated goals.