Leadership Skills and Behaviours
L6M1 learning outcome 1: understand and apply leadership skills and behaviours appropriate for strategically improving the procurement and supply-chain function.
How to study for CIPS Level 6
Complete the four mandatory constructed-response modules, choose three objective-response electives and prepare L6M4 last against its current pre-released theme.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Leadership creates direction and commitment while management plans, organises and controls delivery.
Exam cue: Distinguish leadership from management before evaluating the behaviour required.
Concept 2
Trait, functional, behavioural, contingency and situational theories explain leadership from different perspectives.
Exam cue: Apply a leadership approach to follower readiness and strategic context.
Concept 3
Transformational and inspirational leadership mobilise stakeholders around strategic improvement.
Concept 4
Leadership choice depends on followers, task, risk, authority, culture and organisational conditions.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Treating leadership and management as mutually exclusive roles.
Guardrail: Do not rely on a familiar model by recognition alone; test context, assumptions, evidence and implementation consequences.
Recommending one preferred leadership style without testing context.
Guardrail: Do not rely on a familiar model by recognition alone; test context, assumptions, evidence and implementation consequences.
Memory anchors
Lead and manage
Leadership sets direction and commitment; management organises delivery.
Theory families
Traits, functions, behaviours, contingencies and situations.
Strategic leader
Vision, credibility, influence, judgement and adaptation.
Context test
Follower, task, risk, culture and authority.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A new procurement strategy is approved but teams lack shared purpose. What should the CPO do first?
Which activity is primarily management rather than leadership?
Answer all questions to submit.
Next step personalized recommendations
Continue learning
Move forward only after this module is stable.
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