How to Develop Better Team Leadership
Better team leadership begins with understanding that a team is not simply a collection of identical workers.
Clarify the shared outcome
Everyone should understand what the team is trying to accomplish.
Understand contribution
Identify: capabilities; skills; experience; interests; natural gifts; development needs.
Clarify roles
People need to know what they own.
Build communication rhythms
Create appropriate spaces for: updates; questions; feedback; decisions; reflection.
Encourage useful disagreement
A team that cannot challenge ideas may make poorer decisions.
Match responsibility with capability
Do not give people responsibility without adequate resources, support or clarity.
Develop people
Leadership should increase the team's capability over time.
Adapt your leadership
Different situations can require different approaches.
Connect contribution with values
Help people understand not only: “What do we need to do?” but also: “Why does this matter?”
Review the team system
Ask: Are people using their capabilities? Are skills being developed? Are roles aligned? Are values being respected? Is the environment helping people contribute? Is leadership creating dependence or capability?
That final question captures the Penagix approach: Good leadership should not merely produce followers. It should help people become capable contributors.
Leadership can be developed.
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