Empowering Teams: Fostering Creativity, Diversity, and Participation
Visionary leaders create a sense of ownership. They communicate to people within the enterprise that this is their work, their opportunity, and that they are critical to the success of the whole organization. Leaders realize that all their power is in their people. They seek to enable each team member to contribute to his or her fullest.
Building Teams that Endure: Empowerment, Relationship, and Communication
A plethora of research reveals that when leaders effectively communicate their vision, constituents report significantly higher levels of job satisfaction, motivation, commitment, and productivity. Using honed communication skills, leaders listen, articulate vision, and express the heart of constituents, painting a picture of the future, outlining strategic goals, and openly sharing the current state of affairs.
From Good to Great: Enhancing Team Effectiveness Through Active Engagement
Teammates can be counted on to meet deadlines and to reach goals. They are trustworthy and predictable, helping to relieve some pains encountered in a struggle. No organization can operate for very long if people do not do what they say they will do. In reality, all management systems are based on promise keeping.
Building a Gold-Medal Team: Essential Qualities for Success
Though one person may serve as the designated leader, often the leadership role rotates among its members according to the current project. The leader willingly relinquishes his or her role, and team members do not greedily grab for it. The team entity is too valuable to permit a power struggle, so effective teams recognize that the success of a team supersedes individual success; individuals win or lose as a team.
Building a Powerful Team: Foundational Characteristics
Perhaps one of the best examples of true teamwork is conveyed by Thomas Quick as he describes a surgical team, headed by a surgeon. The team includes surgical assistants, nurses, anesthetist, and technician. Each function is specialized and highly skilled, and each person knows that his or her success is dependent on the other members of the team. All are committed to one objective—the well being of the patient.
Infusing Team-Mindedness to Compound Cohesion
The quality of relationships among the executive leadership team is a primary factor in developing effective teams throughout the whole organization. Researchers Hersey and Blanchard indicate that the most significant factors in the productivity of an organization pertain to the interpersonal relationships therein. These relationships are foundational to the success of effective teams. This is a linchpin for all leaders.