The MTL Professional Development Programme is a collection of 202 PowerPoint presentations that will provide you with step-by-step summaries of a key management or personal development skill. This presentation is on "Team Leaders" and will show you why leadership is the key factor in developing and building successful teams. 

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TEAM LEADERS
Believe in the team to be a leader
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Introduction: As observers of any successful sports team know, the effect of the team leader on the
team is the deciding factor in how well the team performs. Unlike managers, leaders do more than
just organise and plan and check that work is carried out. They inspire the team at an emotional
level, push people to the limits of what they are capable of and create a team that has a reality on an
almost spiritual plane. In this topic, we’ll show you 7 features of the role of a successful team leader.

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1. IT’S LIKE
RIDING A BIKE
Team leaders have 3 functions. First, they have to
get the team to perform a given task to the
satisfaction of the customer. Second, they have
to allow for individuals to find sufficient
motivation to want to continue in the team. And
thirdly, they have to develop the team so that,
with the same people and the same resources, a
higher performance can be obtained. These
concerns of Task, Team and Individuals mean
that the team leader is constantly faced with
balancing priorities like riding a bicycle going
forward.
Moving forward while keeping in balance
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Why the Best Companies Have a Balance of Opposites
In a major study of 62 top UK companies, all in
the upper quartile of their sectors, the
Department of Trade and Industry's Innovation
Unit looked at the characteristics that created
successful teamwork.
1. Team
3.
Individuals
2. Task
At any one time, leaders may need to
focus on building the team,
motivating individuals, or sorting out
the task.The really good leader knows
when to do which.
"Teamwork is like riding a
bicycle. You can only move
forward if you stay in balance."
They discovered that, despite the differences in
the companies, - some had as few as 28
employees, others had 60,000, - all the successful
companies gave out a buzz the minute you
walked through the door. What the researchers
discovered was a balance between seemingly
contradictory opposites: a demanding yet blame-
free culture; a structured yet flexible system;
empowered yet controlled people. These
opposites created balance, a creative tension and
forward motion.

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2. THE TASK
ROLE
The team leader's Task role is to get the team to
carry out their duties efficiently and effectively.
To do this, the team leader may set clear overall
task objectives, specific team goals and
individual targets; decide what resources the
team needs and provide them; establish suitable
working conditions for carrying out the task;
agree a system of working which will produce the
best results; and set and agree ongoing high
standards of workmanship.
Follow instructions and orders
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(Picture: Czech soldiers of 42nd Mechanized
Battalion, 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade plan
their actions on the objective during exercise
Combined Resolve IV at the U.S. Army’s Joint
Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels,
Germany, May 21, 2015.)

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3. A QUALITY
RESULT
The team leader focuses on task activities when
the team has to knuckle down and achieve
tangible outputs and results. He or she may then
have to rule with an iron fist. If the team is a
strong one, the team leader can reasonably ask
for sacrifices for the good of the whole team. The
emphasis will be on beating the competition,
achieving outstanding quality of work; pushing
people to their limits; and making swift decisions
about what needs to be done.
The end result of any team task is a quality product
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4. THE TEAM
ROLE
In their position of being outside the team, team
leaders are the best people to see the team
objectively as a team. They are able to give the
team its shape and reality, making the team
more than just a collection of individuals. They
can do this by meeting with the team as a whole,
involving the team in discussions and reaching
team decisions. They need to sense the team's
energy and make the necessary interventions to
help it move forward. In doing so, they give the
team its unique identity.
You cannot lead without meeting the team regularly
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5. LEADING
THE TEAM
When the team leader is in team mode, he or
she will emphasise the importance of what it
means to belong to the group. This may mean
working on building the team's morale,
especially if it is low; putting people at ease;
expressing appreciation of good work; backing
up their deputies; treating others as equals; and
developing the team as a self-managing unit,
able to take their own decisions themselves.
Team leaders create team leaders
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The Difference Between Managers and Leaders
Thereisadifferencebetweenteammanagersand
teamleaders:
1.Whenselectingnewteamplayers,managerslookatpast
performance;leaderslookatfuturepotential.
2.Whentrainingteamplayers,managersanalysewhat
skillsareneeded;leadersdeveloppeople.
3.Whenappraisingteamplayers,managersmeasure
performance;leadersgivecontinualfeedback.
4.Whencommunicatingwithteamplayers,managershold
meetings;leaderscommunicatebytrust.
5.Whenhandingoutrewards,managersnegotiatepaydeals;
leadersinspirepeoplewithpride.
6.Whenstandardsfall,managerswarnanddiscipline;
leadersshowbyexample.
7.Whencommunicatingwhatneedstobedone,managers
writejobdescriptions;leadersmotivatepeople.
Is he a manager or a leader?
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6. MANAGING
ONE-TO-ONE
The route to all effective teamwork lies through
managing the individuals in the team. Only
through one-to-one contact can a team leader
develop people who have the skills, motivation
and inspiration to fulfil the task needs of the
team and develop the team as a unit. In
managing the individuals in the team, a team
leader will take responsibility for who joins and
stays in the team. They will decide individual
rewards, appraisals, and feedback. They can only
do this by getting to know individuals well.
Equal partners
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7. SACRIFICES
It is a principle of leadership that team comes
before self, even if it means sacrificing personal
glory. Nowhere is this more true than on the
sports field. Mike Brearley, former England
cricket captain, says: "Personal interest may
conflict with the team. You may feel exhausted
and yet have to bowl; you may be required to
sacrifice your wicket going for quick runs. It is the
captain's job to coax the happy blend of self-
interest and team interest from his players."
Putting team before self
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SometimesYou Have to Think, Other Times Feel
Deciding which leadership style to use in any team
situation can be a matter of weighing up the
situation carefully. Or, it can be a matter of
intuition.
This is David Webb, a football team manager for
more than ten years, describing how he gives half-
time pep talks to his team:
"If you can get it right, the half-time pep talk can
have remarkable results, turning three-goal deficits
into outright wins.
I have got hold of the tea-urn and thrown it against
the wall. I have screamed. I have head-butted the
door. I have also been quiet and told the players
they've been unlucky.
It's all a question of feel.“
Team coaches need to adjust their style for the
situation
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This has been a Slide Topic from Manage Train Learn
AFinal
Word
The team leader's concern for balancing task, team and individuals may be likened to the human
functions of hand, heart and head. The hand is the technical role, the heart is the emotive role,
and the head is the managerial role. When hand, heart and head are all properly cared for, not
only is there a whole, but also a healthy balance.