How to be an effective
team leader
One of your most important tasks as a manager is to make the
best use of the capacity of your team so that all its members will
work well together to deliver superior levels of performance.
This key process of team management means that you have to
clarify the team’s purpose and goals, ensure that its members
work well together, build commitment and self-confidence,
strengthen the team’s collective skills and approach, remove
externally imposed obstacles, and create opportunities for team
members to develop their skills and competences.
To carry out this task effectively you need to understand:
■ The significance of teams.
■ The use of self-managing teams.
■ The factors which contribute to team effectiveness.
■ What to do to achieve good teamwork.
■ How to conduct team performance reviews.
■ How to analyse team performance.
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