Is Your Team Leadership Style Getting You Results?
Let’s take a look at familiar team scenario.
You’ve assembled an exceptional team for an upcoming project and
spent time and money choosing members based on their experience,
personalities, and skills pertaining to the job at hand. You know you have
the talent to get the job done, so there is no doubt that everyone on
the team is able to make a solid contribution.
Except, very little seems to be getting accomplished.
Communication is minimal, team motivation is meager, and strategy
sessions are like pulling teeth. In fact, no one even wants to look you in
the eye.
You, as the leader, are very perplexed. These are the very same
people who, last quarter, put together and executed a very impressive
project. Their project manager gave them her highest recommendation.
So what’s so different about this project? Why isn’t the team motivated?
Maybe they are tired because they worked so hard last quarter. Maybe
they are sick of each other.
The main thing that’s changed for this high performing team is
their leader and his or her leadership style. Your leadership style is
your approach for interacting and working with your team, and it can
make or break the results you’re after.
What’s Your Leadership Style?
The wrong leadership style can easily become a threat to your team’s
motivation and success. So what’s the right leadership style?
When you’re working within a team environment, the leader should take
on more of a coaching role with experienced team members. Instead,
new or less experienced leaders often try to take charge or apply a very
powerful approach.
Those leaders who overpower their teams can create unnecessary fear,
interpersonal conflicts, and an overall feeling in the team that the
contributions of individual members do not matter. This can lead to low
productivity, lousy morale, and wasted time and money. Ouch.
How You Can Quickly Get Your Team Up To Speed?
Begin to lead successful teams and reap all the benefits that high
performing teams have to offer by developing a leadership style that is
both motivating and supportive to your team.
Six Team Leadership Tips For Project Management Success
Leading high performance teams begins with a strategic plan for a
coaching partnership, consistent communication, empowerment, and the
right team culture.
My suggestion: Find out how your team views your leadership style,
and then put an action plan in place to align your style with the results
you’re after.
The big message here is to really assess where you are and determine
what changes you need to make to take your team and business to the
next level.
About the author:
Diana Keith, people strategist and business psychologist, works
with leaders and their teams to increase innovation, morale, and
productivity. See her website http://www.mlevelsystems.com to
get your free people strategy guide for success.
Copyright © Diana Keith, M-Level Systems Inc.
Back to the home page or contact us if you have questions or want to
schedule a complimentary consultation.
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Let’s take a look at familiar team scenario.
You’ve assembled an exceptional team for an upcoming project and
spent time and money choosing members based on their experience,
personalities, and skills pertaining to the job at hand. You know you have
the talent to get the job done, so there is no doubt that everyone on
the team is able to make a solid contribution.
Except, very little seems to be getting accomplished.
Communication is minimal, team motivation is meager, and strategy
sessions are like pulling teeth. In fact, no one even wants to look you in
the eye.
You, as the leader, are very perplexed. These are the very same
people who, last quarter, put together and executed a very impressive
project. Their project manager gave them her highest recommendation.
So what’s so different about this project? Why isn’t the team motivated?
Maybe they are tired because they worked so hard last quarter. Maybe
they are sick of each other.
The main thing that’s changed for this high performing team is
their leader and his or her leadership style. Your leadership style is
your approach for interacting and working with your team, and it can
make or break the results you’re after.
What’s Your Leadership Style?
The wrong leadership style can easily become a threat to your team’s
motivation and success. So what’s the right leadership style?
When you’re working within a team environment, the leader should take
on more of a coaching role with experienced team members. Instead,
new or less experienced leaders often try to take charge or apply a very
powerful approach.
Those leaders who overpower their teams can create unnecessary fear,
interpersonal conflicts, and an overall feeling in the team that the
contributions of individual members do not matter. This can lead to low
productivity, lousy morale, and wasted time and money. Ouch.
How You Can Quickly Get Your Team Up To Speed?
Begin to lead successful teams and reap all the benefits that high
performing teams have to offer by developing a leadership style that is
both motivating and supportive to your team.
Six Team Leadership Tips For Project Management Success
- 1. Assess whether or not a team leader is even needed before one
is assigned. Sometimes the team can self-manage the project,
depending on their experience levels and time spent working
together.
2. Participate but don’t take over. Let the team work out the
planning and strategy details together.
3. Keep in mind, the one who speaks the most in team meetings is
perceived as the leader. Give all members the opportunity to be of
value and contribute.
- 4. Train the team together when possible to build camaraderie and
a shared understanding. Train along side them to build rapport.
5. When appropriate and with notice, be unavailable for a team
meeting or presentation. When done right, this lets the team know
you trust them, and builds competencies.
- 6. Consistently ask the team for feedback on how they think the
project is going. Provide them with predetermined decision-making
leverage to present and implement alternative approaches.
Leading high performance teams begins with a strategic plan for a
coaching partnership, consistent communication, empowerment, and the
right team culture.
My suggestion: Find out how your team views your leadership style,
and then put an action plan in place to align your style with the results
you’re after.
The big message here is to really assess where you are and determine
what changes you need to make to take your team and business to the
next level.
About the author:
Diana Keith, people strategist and business psychologist, works
with leaders and their teams to increase innovation, morale, and
productivity. See her website http://www.mlevelsystems.com to
get your free people strategy guide for success.
Copyright © Diana Keith, M-Level Systems Inc.
Back to the home page or contact us if you have questions or want to
schedule a complimentary consultation.
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