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simply to tell you a joke that had been heard on television the
previous night, most of us would – like Queen Victoria – not be
amused. We do not expect police officers to behave in that way.

This is where the three-circle model comes in: what it does for
you is to define the leader’s role in a visual way. People expect
their leaders to help them to achieve the common task, to build
the synergy of teamwork and to respond to individuals and
meet their needs. The overlapping circles integrate these three
facets of the role.

Following the analogy of light, the leadership functions are like
the spectrum of colours of the rainbow when a sunbeam is
refracted through a prism (see Figure 3.2).

THE ROLE FUNCTIONS

Defining the
task
Achieving the Planning
TASK
Briefing

Controlling

Evaluating
Building and
Developing the Motivating
maintaining
INDIVIDUAL
the TEAM Organising
Providing an
example

Figure 3.2 Leadership functions