How to be an effective Team Leader?
Managers and team leaders are both important in a company. There are so many discussions on who is better, the manager or the team leader. In a company the manager has his own task, and the team leader has a different task. Usually, team leaders are the one taking care of the team. That's why they are called "team leaders". Managers on the other hand are concerned with the project deadline, project presentation, and is the middleman between the team leader and the company's client.
On this post, we are talking about team leaders, on how to be an effective team leader.
As a team leader, you got to trust your members. You should know their strength and weakness, and how it would benefit the whole team. As a team leader, you should act as the representative of the team, not as the manager or owner of the company. You should also show respect on the decisions and suggestions of your team members.
Do not say "I had finished the project." But instead, recognize your team and say "My team are done with the project." "My team", meaning your team, the group of people under you. Don't think that when the project is done, you would claim that you did the project. You are the team leader, or project leader. The team's success if your success and benefit because you can boast that you have a great team. You don't need to declare that you yourself did the project.
There are actually people who got problems on using possessive pronouns at work. Employers, managers, team leaders, team members... a lot may not know how to address someone's work properly. Again, managers and owners of a company, this also applies to you guys. It's more professional to say "We would fix the problem." instead of "I would fix the problem." especially if you are not the one who would actually fix the problem.
Now you're thinking, you're the boss or the team leader, they are just your employees/team members. Right pronoun use, respect and trust would give your team a boost, thus making you an effective team leader. And not only that, it's totally a wrong way to use pronouns at work.
There would be a part 2 for this article.
On this post, we are talking about team leaders, on how to be an effective team leader.
As a team leader, you got to trust your members. You should know their strength and weakness, and how it would benefit the whole team. As a team leader, you should act as the representative of the team, not as the manager or owner of the company. You should also show respect on the decisions and suggestions of your team members.
Do not say "I had finished the project." But instead, recognize your team and say "My team are done with the project." "My team", meaning your team, the group of people under you. Don't think that when the project is done, you would claim that you did the project. You are the team leader, or project leader. The team's success if your success and benefit because you can boast that you have a great team. You don't need to declare that you yourself did the project.
There are actually people who got problems on using possessive pronouns at work. Employers, managers, team leaders, team members... a lot may not know how to address someone's work properly. Again, managers and owners of a company, this also applies to you guys. It's more professional to say "We would fix the problem." instead of "I would fix the problem." especially if you are not the one who would actually fix the problem.
Now you're thinking, you're the boss or the team leader, they are just your employees/team members. Right pronoun use, respect and trust would give your team a boost, thus making you an effective team leader. And not only that, it's totally a wrong way to use pronouns at work.
There would be a part 2 for this article.
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