Team Leadership and the Dos and Don'ts of Effective Team Leadership

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Definition of Team Leadership
Team leadership is a dynamic interactive influence procedure among persons within groups with the objective of leading each other towards the realization of the organizational or team objectives or both. Team leadership offered a fundamental shift from the perspective of appointed leaders to the notion that group members mutually influence one another and share leadership functions, responsibilities, and roles collectively. In that vein, conceptually, team leadership is a group-centric phenomenon whereby organizational or team leaders participate in leadership responsibilities and roles on behalf of the group. Team leadership is an emergent and dynamic phenomenon unfolding over time rather than a static procedure (Wu & Cormican, 2020).
Dos and Don’ts for Effective Team Leadership
Some of the Do’s for effective team leadership is anchored on addressing issues related to group dynamics. These include (a) do create an open and safe environment, (b) do design “ground rules” for team member engagement, (c) do assist teammates in resolving misunderstandings with each other, and (d) do offer opportunities for partakers to leader concerning one another’s personalities and decision-making styles; this helps members approach differences more objectively. The Don’ts related to group dynamics include (a) don’t ignore tensions among or between group members, and (b) don’t avoid conflicts; be open to and willing to drive difficult conversations. Some of the Do’s related to decision-making processes include (a) do ask team members for agenda items and (b) do assist the team in selecting appropriate decision-making procedures, for instance, consensus or voting. Some of the Don’ts related to decision-making functions include (a) don’t establish meeting agenda completely by yourself, and (b) don’t make planning choices on your own (Prevention Collaboration in Action, n.d.).
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