Starter for 5: Team Leadership
Leading a team for the first time can be exciting but nerve-wracking. Many of us are given such a role with little to no training simply because we were good at the core business of the organisation we work in. Usually, the role up until the point you become a leader has nothing to do with team leadership and requires a completely different set of skills.
If you're a new team leader, the this is the blog post for you!
One of the best things you can do as a team leader is remember that you cannot do it all and that you are not the best at everything. Your team members will all have unique abilities and strengths and it's better for everyone if you allow them to use them! Read this blog post to find out more about how you can do that:
How Do I Make The Most Of My Team Members' Expertise? https://www.aidansevers.com/post/how-do-i-make-the-most-of-my-team-members-expertise
Team leadership is like being a parent or carer. You have people to look after and protect, and not just because you want to get the most work out of them, but because usually you do actually care for them as people (or at least, you should). Part of the team leadership role then is to support your team members in maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Here's a blog post to get you on the right track with that:
How Can I Support My Team in Maintaining a Healthy Work-Life Balance?
Whilst supporting your team members' wellbeing you will also need them to get the job done. There's little more frustrating than missed deadlines when your trying to deliver something as a team, and sometimes you do have to work out just how to get people to do what they need to do, even if an understanding way. Read this blog post to find out more:
How Do I Get My Staff To Stick To Deadlines?
You're new to team leadership, you've got loads of great ideas and you've worked really hard to implement something but it doesn't seem to be working. What should you do then? How do you exercise good leadership in that scenario? Here's a blog post to help you with just such a situation:
What To Do When Your New Initiative Fails
If you've developed good working relationships with the people in your team, and perhaps even personal relationships too, it can be really difficult to deliver those difficult messages to them. Feedback is really important as it's what helps people to get better at what they do, but it can feel really awkward to give it. This blog post will reassure you, and give you the pointers you need to deliver feedback confidently and in such a way that people will be willing to take it:
How To Give Feedback To Your Work Mates
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