Role of a Team Leader

• THE TEAM LEADER is not a manager or supervisor, he is a Leader.
• THE TEAM LEADER KNOWS THE TEAM, the personalities, skills, abilities and talents of the team
• ENTHUSIASM – The Team Leader is the enthusiastic example that the team can immolate.
• GUIDELINES OF BEHAVIOUR. The Team Leader works with the team to create and develop guidelines.
• INFORMS THE TEAM. The Team Leader insures that the team is currently and clearly informed.
• TEAM LEADERSHIP. He keeps the purpose, goals and approach relevant and meaningful.
• THE LEADER. He must have an honest understanding of who he is, what he knows, and what he can do.

Developing Yourself

• SELF DEVELOPMENT IS CAREER DEVELOPMENT. Career development refers to the outcomes of actions on career plans 
• CAREER DEVELOPMENT IS NECESSARY. Both external and internal factors influence the need for career development.
• HIRE OR PROMOTE. Strategies at this phase focus on assessing job candidates and hiring or promoting the person whose skills and interests best match the job.
• STAFFING & ORIENTATION PHASE. The staffing and orientation phase is composed of providing career information to the job candidate.
• EMPHASIS ON LIFE CAREER PLANNING. Team members study their jobs’ components and learn how to make the work more challenging.
• CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. The first step in establishing career development in the workplace is the assessment of organisational needs.

Effective Communication

• WAYS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION. Making a commitment to improve your communication.
• IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING SKILLS. Listening effectively is to place a higher priority on understanding what the other party is saying than on expressing your own thoughts.
• ATTENTION. Gaining the attention of the person with whom wish to communicate, is a primary goal
• APPREHENSION actually means to grasp or to take hold of.
• ACTION is the end result in the communication process.
• THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATION is to get your message across to others effectively.
• REMOVING BARRIERS can occur at every stage of the communication process.

Planning and Organising The Team’s Work

• PLANNING AND ORGANISING. Simple projects involve only one or a few people over a short time
• TO DO LIST. Is a reminder to do all essential tasks in the right order. 
• ACTION PLAN is a list of tasks that you have to carry out to achieve an objective.
• SCHEDULING is the problem of assigning a set of tasks to a set of resources, subject to a set of controls.
• PROGRAM PLANNING AND ORGANISING is the planning and monitoring of tasks and resources across a group of projects.
• CONSISTENCY. Data from the many single plans must be consistent if consolidation is to be successfully performed.
• COMMUNICATION is where the managers and team leaders who instruct the resources on the work to be done.

Motivating The Team

• MOTIVATION means a state of mind that moves us into action.
• CHALLENGE MOTIVATES. The challenge itself is the motivator.
• LOYALTY MOTIVATESis found in comradeship and fellowship.
• RESPONSIBILITY MOTIVATES. People and teams are stimulated by given responsibilty.
• GROWTH MOTIVATES.Individual and team growth can provide another basis for sustained motivation.
• LEADERSHIP MOTIVATES. He can blend knowledge and motivation to form a cohesive team.
• ENTHUSIASM MOTIVATES. The team leader is the enthusiastic example that the team can immolate.
• COMMUNICATION MOTIVATES. The team leader insures that the team is currently and clearly informed.
• REINFORCEMENT MOTIVATES. The team leader utilises “power tools” that aid him in developing the productive energy of the team.
• A GOOD LISTENER MOTIVATES. A good motivator listens attentively.
• TEAM PARTICIPATION MOTIVATES. Productive participation by all team members.
• RECOGNITION MOTIVATES. Important. It builds positive self-esteem.

Monitoring The Team’s Work

• MONITORING TEAM WORK is not to find fault but to ensure that the team understands its assignments and goals.
• PLANNING means setting performance expectations and goals for teams and individuals to direct their efforts towards achieving organisational objectives,
• MONITORING means consistently measuring performance
• DEVELOPING means increasing the capacity to perform.
• RATING means evaluating team members or team performance.
• REWARDING means recognising team members.
• COMMITMENT. Team members see themselves belonging to the team.
• TRUST. Team members have faith in each other to honor commitments
• PURPOSE. The team understands how it fits into the overall business of the organisation
• COMMUNICATION. Effective teams communicate effectively and frequently with each other.
• INVOLVEMENT. Everyone has a role on the team
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. The team understands the importance of continuous improvement.