Provide leadership in your organisation

​This standard is about providing leadership and facilitating a collaborative culture in your organisation. You provide direction to colleagues and/or others by communicating and reinforcing your organisation’s purpose, values, and vision. In this context others could be those internal or external to your organisation, key stakeholders, or participants. It focuses on the need for a culture that encourages, motivates, and supports colleagues and/or others to achieve the vision and objectives in your organisation.

For purposes of this standard, an ‘organisation’ can mean a self-contained entity such as a private sector company, a charity or a local authority, a significant operating unit, with a relative degree of autonomy, within a larger organisation or as a freelance/sole trader.

This standard is for managers and advanced practitioners in the active leisure sector.

1. encourage a commitment to shared aims and objectives within existing constraints
2. assess and analyse current trends, opportunities, and risks to your organisation
3. present the outcomes of your analysis to colleagues and/or others
4. communicate and reinforce your organisation’s purpose, values and vision to colleagues and/or others
5. evaluate the impact of your organisation on the environment, the local community and society
6. develop organisational plans that support your organisation’s purpose, values, and vision
7. share agreed strategies with colleagues and/or others to ensure common aims and objectives are achieved
8. develop methods of managing organisational difficulties and challenges
9. develop a range of leadership styles and apply them effectively when leading and managing different colleagues, others, and/or situations
10. identify and evaluate colleagues’ and/or others needs, wants and motives
11. provide support to help colleagues and/or others achieve their objectives
12. encourage and celebrate creativity, innovation, diversity and inclusion within your area of responsibility
13. act as a role model when engaging with colleagues and/or others
14. use effectively a range of methods to communicate with colleagues and/or others which empowers and allows autonomy within agreed boundaries
15. develop and maintain trust and support across the organisation, colleagues and/or others
16. contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
17. request regular feedback on your performance from colleagues and/or others
18. monitor activity progress in your organisation
19. analyse feedback and progress to plan and implement personal performance improvements
20. follow current legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols which are relevant to your work practice and to which you must adhere

1. the complimentary aspects of leadership, management, coaching and mentoring and their effective use
2. different techniques for setting direction and establishing objectives and creating strategies 
3. methods of communication with colleagues and/or others
4. techniques for improving leadership performance
5. methodologies for improvement planning
6. techniques for facilitating creativity and innovation
7. techniques to evaluate organisational impact on the environment, the local community and society
8. how to present yourself positively and as a role model to others
9. requirements for equality, diversity and inclusion and how to meet these when leading 
10. techniques for encouraging others to take the lead and ways in which this can be met
11. different leadership approaches and styles to developing teams and participants
12. your own values, motivation, vision, strengths and areas for improvement in a leadership role
13. the strength and areas for improvement of colleagues and/or others
14. the vision and objectives of the overall organisation
15. the vision, objectives, culture and operational plans for your area of responsibility
16. leadership culture across the organisation and own style of leadership
17. current legislation, guidelines, policies, procedures, and  protocols which are relevant to your work practice and to which you must adhere