Team Leadership

Team Leadership
Many teams fall short of their potential. Whether an organization's teams achieve the benefits of teamwork depends in part on the teams' leaders. Broadly speaking, the goal of a team leader is to develop a productive team. Experts in teamwork have linked team productivity to the team characteristics. In general, these characteristics describe a team whose members want to participate, to share ideas freely, and to know what they are supposed to accomplish. To be an effective leader you must be able to coach the team, select your team members, and develop the ability to…