Team Working From Crisis To Success - II

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Overview: The leader needs to know his / her people well. Knowing the people well ensures that the leader can maintain the right balance between being consistent for the 'team's sake' and tailoring a leadership approach to the individual members of the team. Leaders ordinarily have to pay attention to the self-esteem of individual members; in times of crisis this becomes critical. Positive reinforcement and small wins are the seeds of blossoming high morale. It is unrealistic and undesirable to expect that everyone on the team will agree. If the team were completely in agreement all the time then a savvy leader would be worried. So much of a team's success in crisis times comes down to the leader. A good team leader knows how to blend facilitation of team performance with decisive leadership. Just as the team forms and strengthens and becomes more effective, so do habits and thinking patterns become the norm. It is essential to ensure the team thinking patterns are as effective as they can be and that people are not being sucked in to short cut thinking traps. True team working and real business results come from careful construction of the right team and skillful leadership to keep the team healthy and in balance. Leading teams is easier when all is going well for the organization.

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Format: HTML | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 1