Session 6 - Team Leadership

Question 1

What is a team?

Answer 1

• organizational group
• composed of members who are independent
• share common goals
• have to coordinate activities to accomplish goals

Question 2

What do effective organizational teams lead to?

Answer 2

• greater productivity
• more effective use of resource
• better decisions & problem solving
• better quality products and services
• greater innovation and creativity

Question 3

What are the three leadership actions in the team leadership model?

Answer 3

1. internal task leadership actions:
   - to improve task performance
2. internal relational leadership actions:
   - to improve team relationship
3. external environmental leadership actions
   - to improve environmental interface

Question 4

Should team leaders only focus on themselves?

Answer 4

NO, teams do not exist in a vacuum, they have to compete for resources with other teams

Question 5

Explain the Hill model for team leadership (tree model with the three action types)

Answer 5

Leaders job is to monitor the team and then take action if necessary to ensure team effectiveness:
1. initial leadership decision
2. leader actions
3. focus on indicators of team effectiveness

Question 6

What is effective leadership within a team?

Answer 6

• effective team performance begins with the leader
• leader should see the team’s problem and what solutions are possible
• leader should diagnose correctly and choose the right actions
• good tem leader needs to be behaviorally flexible with a wide set of skills