PF3 Team Leadership
For this assignment I will be talking about Team Leadership. Teams are important in today’s world of ever growing competition to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
My essay will be made up of 6 parts. The 6 parts are as follows:
● Team Elements and Stages
● Team Types and Functions
● Multi-team Issues
● Effective Teams
● Team Roles
● Personalities in Teams
Team Elements and Stages
Team development consists of 4 core elements.
Leadership - Every team needs a leader to push them to success and set a standard of work all round. They will keep the team focused on the objective and use the strengths of each team member to get it done. A typical leader should be confident, determined, and fair.
Resources - Offering ongoing…show more content… There are 5 common stages a team will go through as they journey from being a group of strangers to becoming a working team.
Forming - The beginning of a new team when group members are unsure of objectives and don’t know each other. Leisure activities are a good way for group members to bond.
Storming - In this stage conflict will arise as people start getting comfortable and choose their position in the group. Team leaders need to step up and put a stop to this.
Norming - Members recognise each other's strengths and weaknesses and positions can change according to this. If the team hasn’t moved onto this stage it should be broken up. A working routine should also be set up in this stage.
Performing - Members get to work using each other's strengths but not relying on another member to get the job done. This is the last stage in building a successful team but all stages may be repeated if a new member is joining. Team fatigue can occur if there is a constant change in members so it is important to get it right in the Storming…show more content… Having a team of people with similar strengths working on something increases production. Not having a working team in the Performing Stage may cause the sector to fall behind others.
Special Purpose Teams - A temporary team sometimes set up to complete a special project or one off event. Members are chosen based on the skills required for the project. Due to the ‘temporary’ nature relationships are rarely built in these teams.
Multi-functional Teams - A temporary or permanent team can sometimes be made up of people from different areas of expertise and skills. A range of ideas will come from these teams but they are only good for project purposes.
Management Team - Having multiple Work Teams in an organisation calls for a Management Team to keep on top of everything and deal with macro-issues affecting the entire company and not just a specific sector. Management can see the bigger picture and are needed to reach the end goal but they will not see what’s happening on the
