Team means strength. It is easy to break one stick, but very hard to break four sticks, that is why team is needed for success of your business. If a person who is needed in the organization is not present, it’s absence is felt to the client, A client always asks about our team.
First before giving work to our business.
A client may ask following questions:
How much is your team strength?
Who is in your Team?
What is the qualification of your team?
Do you have only one office or any other office?
Till today, what type of clients have you worked with?
Is your team capable of completing my work?
Answers to all these questions.
Leadership Style:
1. Authoritative Leadership
The authoritative leader knows the mission, is confident in working toward it, and empowers team members to take charge just as she is. The authoritative leader uses vision to drive strategy and encourages team members to use their strengths and emerge as leaders themselves.
2. Transactional Leadership
A transactional leader may be in a position of leadership, such as in a managing role, but this leader is not necessarily one to embrace going above and beyond what is expected. The transactional leader dangles a carrot in front of each workhorse. If the employee does something positive, they are rewarded. If they don’t meet the exact expectation, they may be punished.
3. Servant Leadership
Servant leaders get in the trenches with their team. Their goal is to achieve the best outcome. To do that, these types of leaders make themselves available to help with issues, work alongside those they manage, and develop those they manage into better employees.
4. Democratic Leadership
Just like a political democracy, where people with diverse opinions work together to come up with a consensus for decisions, a democratic leader gets everyone involved.
5.Empathetic Leadership
The empathetic leader recognizes that great work starts with engaged workers. This type of leader strives to create strong emotional bonds on a team so that those working on it feel a sense of belonging.
Case Study: M.S Dhoni (ODI world cup 2011)
India won the 2011 ODI world cup and the main reason behind it was the captaincy of M.S Dhoni. Do you know what helped him? Let’s see:
1. Knowing strengths & weaknesses of all players helped him utilize every player to the best
2. Team first always attitude: Dhoni always put aside personal records and the win for team was the most important for him.
3. Open culture in the team helped everyone to put their opinions forward
4. He trusted his players & let them play freely in the match
5. Solution mindset & not problem mindset
6. Enjoy the process
7. Be a coach and help your team grow
