Encourage Collaboration – Teams need to be close to each other when working. – People need to be comfortable working with each other. – Negative behaviors need to be eliminated early when the opportunity arises. – Insecurity is the enemy of successful team management – Potential causes of division need to be addressed immediately.
Understand the team's development progress
It is clear that during the existence of a group, it is constantly growing and changing. The development process usually goes through four stages: forming, arguing, stabilizing, and operating. The forming stage is when people are still unclear about the group's roles, principles, and wishes, which can easily cause "controversy". With firm and methodical leadership, you can quickly "stabilize" the situation to put the group into operation.
Use management strategies
Group management strategies can range from authoritarian to laissez-faire, as long as they influence and direct the entire group. Good leadership is about getting the whole group to work together, collaborate, and be effective.
Group Shaping
The shaping phase is always a small experiment with new ideas. The key is to recognize the shortcomings early and work together calmly to correct them, avoiding shouting or blaming each other. Dealing with failures is part of the learning process that goes from “shaping to action”.
Conflict resolution
At the stage of debate, there may be conflicts within the group between:
- Leaders and individuals are members of the group.
- Leadership and the whole team.
- Between individuals in a group.
Try to resolve any disagreements between group members on an emotional, rational basis.
Adapt your role
Develop the roles of members
- Adapt your leadership style to the needs of the group.
- Pay attention to and promote the values set forth by the group.
- There should be a positive response to new and innovative ideas.
- Encourage individuals and groups to embrace each stage of group development.
- Don't be dismissive of someone's wrongdoing – face the issue head on if action is needed.
- Don't shy away from any issue, especially when you feel you need to be tough to achieve success.
- Don't hinder the explorations that promise innovations.
- Don't waste time when your team needs your focused leadership.
