Leadership And Teamwork: The Secret Sauce To Business Success

I’m always on the lookout for articles about leadership. Here are a few highlights:

The leader is not intimidated in the least by the competence of his or her team. Rather, a robust, confident leader involves his or her colleagues in a conversation concerning exactly what high production and superior performance look like, just what is required to perform as well as complete the task. Furthermore, the leader motivates and empowers the team to pursue self-investment and self-improvement consistently.

Let us continue by breaking all that down into parts so that the leader can understand exactly how to achieve those outcomes.

Appointing The Leader

We begin with a crystal-clear, in-charge appointed leader. I believe without a defined, in-charge leader, there is no team, only a group of people with no framework to function. There has to be somebody who is in charge and hopefully makes the best choices.

Team members might take turns being the leader. This is okay as long as every person is clear who the leader is. An additional variant of that theme is to have particular people be the leader for jobs that are in their sphere of competence. However, no matter what the situation, there can be no question among colleagues who is in charge for that the particular period (whether its a day, week, month, etc.).

Having The Vision

To lead one must have the vision to share. This should remind you of Stephen Coveys second habit: Begin with the end in mind or, as I like to call it, back-from-the-future thinking. The best way to think of it is that a real leader completes the mission (from conception to final product) two times the first — mentally and then in reality.

You cannot lead toward an unclear vision. People are not normally inspired to follow unpredictability. Simply having the vision is inadequate to influence your group or colleagues toward the same end. Good leaders understand how to aid each member in seeing just how the final product will be beneficial and what, precisely, their particular contribution is toward that end.

Sharing The Mission

Another element of being able to motivate one's colleagues is sharing a plainly defined mission that everybody, preferably, had a part in creating. But if not, at the very least employees should accept the previously developed team mission.

This becomes essential during disputes between employees. When there is a conflict to be addressed, it is valuable to have a currently established method to determine the solution. Solutions are always compared to the mission as well as whether it positions the team closer to the final goal. Conflict resolution is a key section in my Creating Teamwork and Participation program.

Want to know more? Head on over to the full article here for more ideas and perspectives. Afterwards, why not drop me an email to share your thoughts at robert@businessvaluepartners.com.au; or call me on 0467 749 378.

Thanks,

Robert