Transcript My Leadership Style - Loughborough University

My Leadership Style
Niran Chauhan
IT Manager Design School
Introduction
 Design School
 Projects, tasks & scenario’s
 Feedback
 Conclusion
Formation of the Design School
Design &
Technology
Ergonomics
Design School
ESRI
Formation of the Design School
 Merger of 3 academic and research departments into one School.
 The challenge
 IT Manager Role:
1) Review existing IT provisions across 3 departments
2) Centralised IT provision and service for the School.
3) Line manager for one IT technician
4) IT strategy plan for future IT provision.
Outlook Calendar Sharing
 Staff concerns
Privacy
Confidentiality
 Selling the advantages to dairy sharing
Setting up group meetings
Research students having the ability to check tutors availability
Promotes staff collaboration.
System is only effective if everyone agreed to share their calendar.
Outlook Calendar Sharing
Using the Situation leadership model …
Supporting
Delegating
Coaching
Directing
Centralised Printing
 Replace traditional office based printers for MFD printers.
 Objections from staff who did not want to lose their personal office printers
 People don’t like change and adapting to new technology
 Directive from University OMB
 Selling the advantages to centralised printing
“Follow me” printing service
Security of confidential document.
Scan to email
Financial accountability
Reduce cost of maintaining individual printers.
Centralised Printing
Using the Situation leadership model …
Supporting
Coaching
Delegating
Directing
Staff Coaching
 Line management responsibility of IT technician
Poor organisation skills
Accepts work but unable to deliver on time
Lack of confidence
Complains from other staff
 How I addressed these issues
Feedback on my Leadership Style
 Questionnaire
Questionnaire Results and Conclusion
Tannenbaum & Schmidth Model
50%
46%
45%
38%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
10%
6%
5%
0%
Tell
Supporting
Delegating
Coaching
Directing
Sell
Consult
Empower