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LEADING AND BUILDING THE TEAM IN AN ENTERPRISE

INTRODUCTION

People working in organizations need to be led to work on a definite direction to


accomplish the organizational goals successfully. Without leadership an
organization would be only a confusion of people and machines, just as an
orchestra without a conductor would be only musicians and instruments.
Leadership has become the focus and conduit of most of other areas of
organizational behavior. This SESSION WOULD FOCUS UPON Leadership, team
building and its management, key characteristics of effective team .

Objectives

1. To explain the concept of leadership


2. To make you understand leadership and creativity for enterprise.
3. To understand characteristics of effective team
4. To explain the common techniques of capital budgeting
5. To explain the importance of leading and building team in an orgaisation.

Leadership

Leadership is a term that conjures up different images in different people.


Leadership is an activity of influencing people to strive willingly for group
objectives. Leadership is the quality of behaviour of individuals whereby they
guide people or their activities in organizing efforts.

 Leadership is a continuous process of influencing others’ behaviour


 Leadership is personal quality that enables leader to influence the
subordinate’s behavior at work
 The success of a leader depends on the acceptance of his leadership by the
followers.
 There is relationship between leader and followers which arises out of
functioning for a common goal.

Leadership is creative vision

Managers who have these leadership qualities are a credit to the services they
manage. However managers must ensure that day-to-day processes run well to
produce the desired results. Certain attributes are required for a manager to be
eff ective, including:

■ clarity of purpose and tasks;

■ good organizational skills;

■ ability to communicate tasks and expected results effectively;

■ ability to negotiate various administrative and regulatory processes;

■ good delegation skills.

Managing Teams and Leadership

Management and leadership are important for the delivery of good health
services. Although the two are similar in some respects, they may involve diff-
erent types of outlook, skills, and behaviours. Good managers should strive to be
good leaders and good leaders, need management skills to be effective. Leaders
will have a vision of what can be achieved and then communicate this to others
and evolve strategies for realizing the vision. They motivate people and are able
to negotiate for resources and other support to achieve their goals.

Managers ensure that the available resources are well organized and applied to
produce the best results. In the resource constrained and difficult environments
of many low – to middle-income countries, a manager must also be a leader to
achieve optimum results. What are the attributes of a good leader? Leaders often
(but not necessarily always):

■ have a sense of mission;

■ are charismatic;

■ are able to influence people to work together for a common cause;

■ are decisive;

■ use creative problem solving to promote better care and a positive working
environment.

Characteristics of Effective Teams

Many studies have been completed on the topic of what effective teams look like.
They agree on key characteristics that effective teams share. The chart that
follows identifies skills and attitudes that help teams function effectively.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS


The purpose of the team must be clearly defined in
concrete and measurable objectives. Effective teams know
Clarity of Purpose how their work contributes toward an organizational goal.
The team leader reminds members of how each team
member makes business success possible.

Open and accurate communication both between the


team members and between the team and the larger
Good organization is critical to keep members informed,
Communication motivated and focused. Part of the communication process
involves establishing roles, making plans, and following
standard business protocols and procedures.

We will look at the role of positive and negative conflict in


Positive Role for more detail later in this module, but generally effective
Conflict teams use conflict to improve decision-making and
problem solving processes.

Each member of the team understands his role on the


team and takes responsibility for his actions. Team
members take proactive measures to ensure that they can
Accountability and
complete tasks, and they alert management when a
Commitment
problem arises. Members of effective teams not only know
the team‘s purpose but are committed to achieving it and
demonstrate the behavior needed to meet the goals. Team
members have the authority to do what they need to do
without being checked every step along the way. Finally,
members must be incentivized and rewarded on both an
individual and team basis.

Effective team members are willing to assume leadership


roles when appropriate. Shared leadership reinforces a
Shared Leadership
sense of shared responsibility and increases morale and
team performance.

Interpersonal relationships in effective teams are built on


Positive Group trust, respect, honesty, and acceptance. Conflict will still
Dynamics occur, but a positive group dynamic will focus the conflict
productively.

Common Techniques for Team Building

Once you know the characteristics of effective teams, how do you go about
building those qualities into a group? When initially forming the team, follow
these procedures and techniques to help create the environment needed for the
development of those characteristics.

 Set team goals and priorities. This step supports the key characteristic of
clear goals. Team members need detailed explanations of how their
individual actions contribute to the achievement of the team goals. Team
priorities should be established so that members can understand when and
where to provide additional help if needed. Individuals need to understand
how their personal SMART goals support the team goals and how supporting
the team also allows them to meet their own personal goals. If personal
goals and team goals are not interdependent (for example, if a team goal is
not specifically tied to a personal goal), then the employee most likely will
focus on her own needs to the detriment of the team. Good communication
skills are required to make sure that the goals are written clearly and that
team members know their performances will affect the team goal and thus
each other’s performance.

 Select team members carefully. Three factors should be considered when


selecting people for a team: individualism, the average level of experience
and ability, and the degree of diversity.
o It’s a fact that some people make better team members than others.
It’s also a fact that with determination, anyone can learn to function on
a team. Individualists generally put their personal welfare and interests
first, and they prefer independent tasks in which they work alone. On
the opposite end of the spectrum is the collectivist, who prefers
cooperation to competition and is happiest working in a group.
Although collectivists generally make better team members, there are
many instances when independent tasks are part of a larger team
effort. It may take more effort to communicate with the individualists,
however.

o The experience and ability levels of team members should be balanced


so tasks can be distributed with high expectations of the work being
done. At the same time, newer employees need to become a fully
functioning part of the workforce, and this can happen by teaming
them with the more experienced people. It is also important to select
people based on their skills and leadership potential.

o Team diversity represents not only the mix of skills and experiences,
but also how people of varying culture, ethnicity, race or gender work
together. Diversity is a good defense against groupthink because of a
different outlook and belief system that challenges common
assumptions.

CONCLUSION

In this session we have learnt that leading and building team effectively is very
crucial for a company. Team building for an entrepreneur occupies great
important place. The effectiveness in team building is great task for an
entrepreneur. We have seen managing teams and leadership. We also seen key
characteristics of team building and common Techniques of team building . Hope
this session has given you insight of requirements of leadership and team building
and its effectiveness in organisation. I hope you have understood that as an
entrepreneur its imperative to lead the team well and win the organisation’s
success. I hope you liked the session. Thank you .

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