Role of the Leader in Teams

A team leader is that person which provides a direction to the team members, provide guidance and instructions to the team members so that the team can achieve its goal/objective. Effective leaders are able to identify their team’s strength, weaknesses, and how the entire team can be motivated. A team leader’s main role is to get the tasks given to them completed by the limited resources that are given to them.

Here are some roles of leaders in a team:

Motivate and Inspire

Leaders should show enthusiasm in their work, which would lead the members to follow and in return be motivated in order to do their work.

Recognise Team Member’s Performance

Team leaders should celebrate and acknowledge their team member’s exceptional performances which would motivate them to perform even better.

Development of Team Members

Another role of a team leader is to bring out the best in its members, and help them to develop to their full potential so that they can productive effective results.

Self-Managing Team

The leader should develop a culture in the team, where the members can feel free to work on their own, without the leader constantly giving them instructions, which leave them with no new ideas to do a certain task. The leader should engage them and ask their opinions in important decisions, in order to come to the best possible solution.

Facilitate Communication

Team leaders should communicate the tasks, date, deadlines, expectations, properly to the team members so that it is clear for members as to what is expected from them. Leaders should encourage ideas and should develop communication between team members, so that they can be comfortable while working with each other.

Resolve Conflicts

The leaders should make sure that the team members should get along well with each other while working so that it does not affect their performance during work. If any conflict arises, it is the ethical responsibility for the team leader to resolve it, so that the team may be effective.

Reference

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