{"id":29132,"date":"2021-02-17T21:16:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T03:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=29132"},"modified":"2021-02-17T21:16:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T03:16:46","slug":"effective-team-leadership-where-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/business\/management-leadership\/effective-team-leadership-where-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective Team Leadership: Where to Begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How to <\/strong><strong>b<\/strong><strong>e a <\/strong><strong>g<\/strong><strong>ood <\/strong><strong>t<\/strong><strong>eam <\/strong><strong>l<\/strong><strong>eader in 7 <\/strong><strong>k<\/strong><strong>ey <\/strong><strong>s<\/strong><strong>teps<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I want to be clear in saying that there&#8217;s no seven-step or 12-step or even 100-step formula that will automatically make you a brilliant leader&#8230; but for those wondering how to be a good team leader, there are some fundamentals that are worth getting down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Know Your Team Leadership Style<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first step is self-assessment. Before you think about the needs of your team, think about the strengths and weaknesses you bring to the table. Think about how you like to receive information, and how you best communicate. Think about whether you&#8217;re an introvert or an extrovert. Ask yourself what really motivates you. And try to put together a basic picture of your team leadership style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This shouldn\u2019t just be busy work. I highly recommend spending a few days mulling these points, talking to people who know you well, and even trying to write down a clear vision of your team leadership style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective Team Leaders Make Time to Lead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a team leader, you already have a lot of responsibilities on your plate. It\u2019s critical that you create time and opportunities for you to be visible to your team members, offering your support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This might mean that you actually allocate some time in your planner or your Google Calendar to walk the floor, to have \u201coffice hours,\u201d to take employees to lunch, or to do something else that allows you to invest time in the people you\u2019re leading. Simply put, without that time investment, you\u2019re just not going to have an effective team leadership style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Know Your People<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you make the time to be engaged with your team, make sure you\u2019re intentional about getting to know each one of them. In particular, try to determine what motivates each employee, and where each employee has strengths or weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Team leadership often means assembling various pluses and minuses like puzzle pieces, pairing employees who make each other stronger or who make up for each other\u2019s weaknesses. It also means knowing how to select the right person for any given role or project. All of this requires some real knowledge of the team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Team Leaders Communicate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That one word is going to be so important to you in your role as a team leader. Indeed, for anyone who wants to know how to be a team leader in the workplace, I don\u2019t think there&#8217;s anything more critical than being international in the way you communicate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Set expectations. Be clear about your team\u2019s mission and purpose. Let employees know how they can connect with you, and when. It\u2019s always better to over-communicate than to under-communicate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leaders Set Examples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even in those moments when you\u2019re not actively communicating, you are being watched. Like it or not, your team members look to you as an example, and they will be quick to emulate your behavior.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to have a company culture that\u2019s marked by a sense of balance? For your employees to clock out by six each afternoon so they can go home and be with their families? Then you need to make sure you\u2019re not in the office at all hours of the night. Show them the kind of culture and the kind of values you want them to uphold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective Team Leaders Delegate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Something else that all leaders need to do is delegate. Don\u2019t assume you can do it all yourself. Trust the people around you to step up and to do great work, freeing some of your time to lead!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t trust your team members to do good work, or if you&#8217;re anxious about delegating to them, that\u2019s a problem. Specifically, it\u2019s a hiring problem. Simply put, if you can\u2019t trust the people you\u2019ve enlisted, then it\u2019s hard to justify why they\u2019re on your team at all. Learn to share your responsibilities with others, but also make sure you constantly surround yourself with good, stalwart people!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective Team Leaders Make Decisions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To be an effective team leader, you ultimately have to make some decisions. That doesn\u2019t mean you should be impetuous. On the contrary, it\u2019s always important to review the available data, do some critical thinking, and make a wise decision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What you can\u2019t do is agonize over every last decision that needs to be made, to the point where you\u2019re simply wasting time. Sooner or later, you have to rip off the Band Aid and move forward with your decision and all its attending consequences. Sometimes you\u2019ll get it right, and when you do, you should celebrate. And sometimes you\u2019ll get it wrong. When you do, be sure to learn from it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author: <\/strong>Dr. Rick Goodman is one of the most sought-after leadership and engagement experts today. Dr. Rick has delivered over 1,000 presentations in all 50 states and in 25 countries. Goodman is also a successful entrepreneur who walks his talk and shares his winning philosophies with his audiences. His latest book \u201cThe Solutions Oriented Leader: Your Comprehensive Guide to Achieving World-Class Results\u201d reached #1 on Amazon Kindle.<\/p>\n<p>Contact him at: info@rickgoodman.com or go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickgoodman.com\">https:\/\/www.rickgoodman.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Dr. Rick Goodman<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to be a good team leader in 7 key  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":29114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[4458,216,703],"class_list":["post-29132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-management-leadership","tag-4458","tag-leadership","tag-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29142,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29132\/revisions\/29142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}