Leading Team in Business

Master proven strategies for leading successful teams in business. Also read: Leading People in Business and Leading Change in Business to learn how to guide your team through transformation effectively.

Understanding Team Dynamics

The foundation for successful management is Teamwork. A number of people come together to work as a true team, where they discuss their objectives, ideas, decisions and plan together to achieve targets.

Types of Teams

There are two types of team — formal and informal. Formal teams are fundamental to an organization and are often permanent. Informal teams can be formed on an unplanned basis to deal with many needs.

Selecting Team Members

One of the secrets of flourishing team leadership matches the skills of team members carefully to the type of task they are required to perform.

Leading a Team

A true team leader will facilitate, inspire and implement rather than control. Team leaders make decisions, inspire lateral thinking, motivation and hard work within the team.

Understanding Team Development

A team grows through four stages: forming, storming, norming and performing. In the final stage, the team works positively, creatively and productively together.

Dealing with Conflict

Head on personal conflict between team members soon becomes a problem for the entire team. The object of the exercise is to improve behavior, not parcel out blame and criticism.

Improving Standards

Employees' performance within the team can generate their best tasks and execute their decisions with confidence. Give teams complete responsibility for their task so that they can set the improvement process underway.

For further reading, explore Harvard Business Review – Teams, Mind Tools – Team Management, and Forbes – How to Lead a Team Effectively.

Recommended Read: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell