LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS


LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS 



Leadership is very important for the company to make sure sustainability development of the company. Leaders have overall responsibility over the performance of the company, and they are committed to the achievable objectives of the company. Leaders have the ability to guide their employees toward the objectives of the company. Good leaders will try to identify the weaknesses of each employee and provide support for them to convert that weakness into strengths of the company S., & Schroeder, R. G. (2003). This really helps to enhance the confidence level of the employees and same positively affected the overall productivity of the company. Good leaders always join their team members in the decision-making process. This will feel employees that they a very important part of the company and they will rely interested to work in the company on and this will highly positively affect their performance.

Good leaders have a lot of good characteristics and those will help to build a strong relationship with the team members in the group. Leaders are always vision oriented and they will dedicate themselves to the achievement of the overall vision of the company. This will provide a common framework for the followers of the leaders. They also try to give their maximum support to the leader.


There is a difference between the concept of the leadership and the management. Leaders always with the team members and decisions are taken based on the having considered the ideas of the leaders. Management is separated from the leadership in the theory. It refers to the getting decision accordance with the structures and procedures. The most important thing is to managers should have the leadership skills to achieve overall objectives of the organization.

Based on my personal experience in my department at the office I was able to recognize the value of leadership and team building such as how I have learned through Peter ducker’s team building and other theories, and how it’s important to be applied in my working environment. Last week at the office there was a brainstorming session as one of the products in the organization has been underperforming. The sales team including my finance team was summoned into the board room. The Marketing head was furious regarding the careless marketing strategies done by the marketing team. He was blasting them directly that they will not get any yearend bonus due to their underperformance.

 I then and there decided to take use of my skills and knowledge gained through the curriculum on leadership and team building. I raised my hand and said that the finance team will create an integration with the   sales team and make a quick review of the sale performance and   design a viral sentimental marketing campaign to recover sales in the next 21 days. This suggestion delighted the marketing head, and a smile came to his face.

Accordingly, I was put as the leader of the integrated team. I was able to lead the staff easily to achieve the goal and also present the progress reviews very successfully to the marketing head. This helped me to realize that  as  Tuchman suggested there are  4 stages in the  team building such as  Forming ,  norming ,storming and performing.


Also I learned that leadership is very important for an organization to increase the overall performance of the company while achieving the vision, mission, and objectives of the company. Leaders have a specific ability to oversight follow members of the organization, and this will help to increase the productivity of the workplace. Leaders are always vision-oriented and can hardly commit to goal achievement. To achieve short-term goals the company leaders, work together with the staff of the company and this will help to increase the motivation level of the employee. They are very much happy to work with the leaders for the achievement of the defined objectives since they will be rewarded according to the contribution of the employee. It is very important for a company to increase teamwork among the employees rather than just working as an individual employee. Tram working facilities for the company and employees while sharing the wider of knowing each other and best decision making as a result of the group effort for the employees in the company P., & Nawaratne, N. N. J. (2015). Leaders always have the ability to understand and analyze existing strengths and weaknesses for the company and also for the employee. Identified weaknesses of the company will help them to implement strategies to convert them into strengths and strengthen the existing strengths of the company.  Also, careful analysis of the employee will help to support them to reduce their weakness of them and this will positively affect the performance of the company. Hence Successful leaders are resources for the company to get above mention benefits and the company should be able to access the performance of leaders and reward them to enhance the leadership quality in an organization.

 References  Emerald Insight

 Ahmad, S., & Schroeder, R. G. (2018). The impact of human resource management practices on operational performance: recognizing country and industry differences. Journal of operations Management, 21(1), 19-43.

Arul rajah, A. A., Olathe, H. H. D. N. P., & Nawaratne, N. N. J. (2018). Green human resource management practices: A review.

 

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  1. Romeda WijewardeneDecember 5, 2022 at 1:53 AM

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  2. Romeda WijewardeneDecember 5, 2022 at 1:54 AM

    Agreed Mohamed, Further, as a relationship with leaders and managers, depending on the situation, different management and leadership philosophies may have different effects on developing strategies (Northouse, 2010). Additionally, a style may have a variety of effects and affect strategic decisions, which are essential for a company's success and employee motivation (Yukl, G, 2006). Using strategic management, businesses may become more resilient to economic downturns and build a sustainable foundation for future growth (Crossland & Hambrick, 2011). Since it is difficult to achieve goals without effective leadership, management without leadership is useless (Fitza, 2017).

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    1. Mohamed InsaffDecember 8, 2022 at 7:43 AM

      Yes True Agreed with your Point Romeda, and when it comes to Leader & Team, Effective team leaders minimize shortcomings and play to their team's strengths. In order to accomplish goals, collaboration requires collaborative problem-solving and decision-making that is action-oriented. Kelchner (2013) points out that maximizing the diversity within a team is important to allow for different skill-sets to come together and to share ideas for the best solution possible.

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  3. Derrick WilliamDecember 5, 2022 at 11:40 PM

    Interesting topic and further, leading the HR function, collaborating with other functions and providing leadership to them, setting, and enhancing the standards for strategic thinking and ensuring corporate governance (Armstrong, 2005). Leadership extols the virtue of teamwork, where everyone strives jointly toward a common objective, everyone pulls their weight to the best of their ability, and everyone accepts their place and function gladly, following the leadership of the appointed manager or supervisor. These are admirable sentiments, but they sometimes lead to what McClelland (1963) referred to as an orgy of ‘avuncular pontification’ on the part of the leaders of the industry.’

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    1. Mohamed InsaffDecember 8, 2022 at 7:46 AM

      Thanks Derrick, i just want to add According to (Kezar, 2004), trait theorists define leadership as a set of traits, while behavioral theorists identify it as a set of skills; and, researchers from a social constructivist perspective tend to define leadership as a process and relationship (Kezar, 2004).

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  4. Mushadiq AzharDecember 7, 2022 at 8:27 AM

    Great Article Insaff, futhermore both leadership and management involve influence, working with people, and working to achieve common goals(The Guardian, 2013).

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  5. Christeena ManoharanDecember 8, 2022 at 4:08 AM

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  6. Christeena ManoharanDecember 8, 2022 at 4:11 AM

    Agreed Insaff, The phrase "influence processes" refers to the assumption that the expected effect is primarily determined by the leader's influence over followers, which has been extensively discussed in the literature (Northouse, 2004; Buchanan & Huczynski, 1997). Without a doubt, leadership is a function, an attitude, and a set of behaviors—and all of these characteristics are required to create, sustain, and foster a culture that will embody a vision while representing the best interests of stakeholders. This strategy will be performance-driven, aiming for successful tactical and strategic objectives. To satisfy the stakeholders, the ideal function of both the leader and the team is to assure quality, integrity, accountability, fairness, and balance.

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    1. Mohamed InsaffDecember 8, 2022 at 7:57 AM

      You point Noted Christeena , Further i just want to add building a successful team is as much an art as it is a science, the leader must exercise tremendous care and awareness in this process. Each team will be unique in this situation, with a variety of stressors and impediments that need to be surmounted and adapted to—in fact, even neutralized and balanced—by the leaders.

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  7. ALM.AmeenDecember 8, 2022 at 6:38 AM

    Good Contant Insaff, Leadership style can be defined as the kind of relationship that is used by a specific to create people work together for a collective goal or objective. (Harris, 2007)

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  8. Mohamed InsaffDecember 8, 2022 at 8:00 AM

    Noted Ameen, Further More consideration of the human factor in implementation is needed in leadership. In fact, it necessitates striking a balance between the behavioral and technical, the strict and the flexible, and the leadership and teamwork. According to (Verzuh, 1999, p. 222).Team members have four major communication needs: responsibility parameters; coordinating with each other and the leader; awareness of project status; and, synchronization of decisions by various stakeholders

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  9. Shermila W.December 9, 2022 at 10:32 PM

    Very interesting article Insaff, Day (2001) makes the distinction between leader development and leadership development by defining leader development as focused on the individual and leadership development as focused on the relationship with others.

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  10. Mohamed InsaffDecember 9, 2022 at 11:35 PM

    Thanks Shermila, And One of the most crucial components of an organization's overall strategy for maintaining operations in the face of challenges brought on by the rapidly changing economic environment is effective leadership.CabezaErikson, Edwards, and Van Brabant, 2008) Leaders are the one who control and take charge of the operation of an organization and good leaders are able to set optimistic goals and objectives while steering the operation of the company towards those goals through effective strategies.

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