What a Team Leader does?

Today, the conception of new leadership is on a roll again. The main reason for this is seeking for more flexible, productive, innovative and profound methods in team management. There is no a single answer for question like “what a team leader should do?” as a conception of team leader nevertheless varies from industry to industry, but we can try to create an average image of modern team leaders through describing this role’s duties, functions and objectives.

Team Leader Functions:

• Communicate team status, task accomplishment, and workflow dynamics to upper management;
• Coordinate team’s self-organized efforts, external and internal contacts, and logistics;
• Ensure deliverables are prepared to satisfy the project’s requirements, costs and schedule;
• Ongoing teambuilding, facilitate decision-making, promote teamwork, etc;

Team Leader Duties:

• Coach and guide employees on their tasks;
• Motivate, inspire and support team members to reach excellence;
• Manage interpersonal contacts to resolve and facilitate any conflicts;
• Help the team to focus on right track and avoid false directions;
• Encourage creativity, rational innovations and self-improvement;
• Preside different meetings to assist on gaining win-win agreements;
• Securing project’s scope and ideology from creeping;
• Maintain healthy group environment, dynamics and effective collaborative pattern;

Team Leader Objectives:

• Principles of teamwork are kept secured until the results of the project are at hands;
• The team members have the necessary education & training to effectively work;
• Incoming issues, conflicts and dysfunctional behaviors are being eliminated within the shortest terms;
• Accomplishments and exceptional performance are fairly recognized and encouraged;

This is just a part of team leader key responsibilities. Executive who wishes to become a good team leader should do a lot of self-educating work to cultivate appropriate approaches. There are special software products that can help such a person in carrying out his/her leadership. For example, VIP Task Manager is designed to manage time and tasks of the team.

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