Feb 27 2013
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Do We Need Team Leaders Ever heard of self-led teams? Sometimes they’re called leaderless teams. Are they real? Maybe so; I’ve heard of them, but never actually seen one. What I have seen are poorly led teams and team members that spend most of their time vying for position. Whether by plan or …
Feb 20 2013
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Leading Teams with Star Players In just about any team sporting event you’ll hear about the Most Valuable Player, or MVP. It’s easy to conclude that without this particular player, the contest would have would have been lost. Perhaps that’s true but in the teams you’re leading at work, the concept of an …
Feb 13 2013
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Leading Teams You Don’t Get to Select In the military, leaders change jobs frequently and seldom get to select their own teams. Instead, military leaders are sent to an organization to pick up where their predecessor left off and work with the team that is already in place. Though I sometimes felt this …
Feb 06 2013
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Team Leader Responsibilities You’re going to be leading a team and it suddenly hits you. How? What’s the secret to effective team leadership? Here are some basic tips to help you get started right. 1. Make sure you have a clear mission and definite goals. Then make sure everyone on the team understands …
Nov 08 2012
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Developing Energized Team Leaders I was recently speaking to a leader who was wondering how to help team leaders learn to lead teams of their peers. Leading peers is a daunting task for any leader but is even more difficult for someone who has no leadership experience or training. His question sent me …
Aug 29 2011
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I recently saw a request for help from someone who was chosen to replace the leader of an already established team. He doesn’t know the team members and has not led a team of this size before. To make things even more complicated, the team is spread out in several countries. That’s a …
Jul 25 2011
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Every leader wants a star on the team. Someone who is a game changer, who can make great things happen with seemingly little effort. Some leaders want nothing but stars on the team. If a member isn’t a star, they just aren’t right for the team. This attitude is becoming more prevalent, especially …
Oct 26 2010
There is much emphasis on teamwork in leadership development these days. Unfortunately, there are many leaders who don’t manage teams very well, resulting in teams that are less effective than they could be. There are several steps to team building that are essential to the success of the team. Note that these steps involve the leader more than the team.
