I have been working for more than 9 years and belonging to some teams and also seeing many teams. Some were extremely great and other were so poor.
Looking back to these, each leader's character and personality was perfect in successful teams.
What is the point of becoming good team? It would come from leaders, themselves, I guess.
What is a good leader or a bad leader?
There would be some points for being a good leader. On this article, I listed up three of them, my opinion.
Give an authority to subordinates for their tasks
If a boss have all authorities for team tasks, what will happen? The subordinates might care about taking boss' mood and do only what a boss says. A boss should decide something finally but the decision should come from what the subordinates have thought and done yet boss opinion.
A boss does only check the progress of their tasks and gives advices not orders. If their outcome are not perfect, review why it has not done well by all members including the boss. But still, subordinates take initiatives.
Do casual chats
Working is not easy. Everyone knows that.
What is a boss talks about only tasks, company's budget or the conversation with CEO at anytime. It might not be fun to work there.
Especially it would be important in recent situation, COVID-19. Lots of people work at home. Some never talk to anyone.
I do not say that a boss makes jokes anytime because it is usually so boring. Although it depends on the teams but it would be better to take time to have casual conversations and chats and to share each recent personal events or hobbies, whatever.
It might also be great the boss's worry for job. A boss does not often consult to anyone.
Take the whole responsibility
A project is not a volunteer so we must make profits. However, we sometime were not able to make profits.
In this time, a boss should show their responsibility. Basically, if a project fails, it is because of project management.
What if a boss explains to CEO, "I tried what I could do all, but subordinates did....". It is so poor. While what if a boss says "It is all my fault. My subordinates did everything perfectly. There could be problems on my management. I review my project failure with my teammates and make use of this experience to next".
I would feel frustrate to have failed the project and challenge the next project for my boss and colleagues.
How about you?
There could be variety of important points for you, your team. It might good idea to talk about what the best team is in business with your colleague.
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