In Chapter 4, London and London (2007) outline eight steps to creating and leading a high performance team. Assume you are the leader of one of the case studies in this chapter and discuss the method you would take to empower your team. Need to be at least 250 words.
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Chapter 4:
The Mone-London organization model, depicted in Figure 4.1, applies to leading teams just as it applies to leadingoneselfand direct reports, and furtherserves to preview what we will address in this chapter. Leaders play a number of roles in relationto teams, including the overarching roles of team director, facilitator, and developer. The organization, usually in the form of senior leadership, sets the initial, high-level expectations for the team, and it is up to the team leader to work with the team’s members to clarify and establish the team’s purpose and goals. Broadlyspeaking, the key competencies team leadersneed to demonstrate are preparing to lead a team and taking the lead. Enablers of successful team leadership includehaving high levels of trust, the capacity to learn, team member empowerment, and ensuring the necessary team leader and team member roles are executed as necessary. In this chapter, these enablers will be addressed within the appropriate steps (there are eight steps, as follows) for creating and leadingwhat Londonand London(2007) refer to as a high-performing team. The first four are for preparation, signifying that the leader needs to reflect on what the team will need to get startedand perform well. The secondfour steps are implementation steps. These steps include: Preparing to Lead a Team Step1: Identifying the type of team you are leadingand challenges the team may face.
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CHAPTER 4Section 4.1 Teams: An Overview
4.1 Teams: An Overview Steve Jobs, one of the founders of Apple Computer, made the following statement during an interview on the television show 60 Minutes: “Great things in business are never done by one person.They are done by a team of people.” Jobs then explained that he was one of four people working together in a team, and they supported each other’sstrengths. The whole was bigger than the sum of its parts.
A group is two or more people working together to produce a product or deliver a service.However, a team is a group in which members have distinctroles and work in tight coordination to achievea common goal. In a group, members may have different reasons for participating. In a team, members are unified by a shared goal, one that surpasses their individual goals. In a group, the leader delegates tasks to the members. In a team, the leader coaches the members individually to sharpen their motivation, abilities, and roles, and as
Preparing to Lead a Team Step
1: Identifying the type of team you are leadingand challenges the team may face.
Step 2: Creating the key elements of a high-performing team.
Step 3: Planning your team’s development.
Step 4: Determining and developing your style of leadership. Taking the Lead
Step 5: Gettingoff to the right start. Step
6: Working smart.
Step 7: Helpingyour team get better through learning, empowerment, and support.
Step 8: Assessing your team’s progress and achievements and measuring gaps.
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