In one team where I was a team leader, I had an important responsibility to help build and encourage team members. I made sure that I supported all team members and motivated everyone and made them feel valued. I also made sure that I delegated tasks and trusted team members. The reason why I delegated tasks out to all team members was because as a team member, I did not want to do so most of the work myself because some team members choose to do less and give more responsibility to the team leader. In my opinion, being a team leader means that you have to take extra responsibility in making sure that all team members do not lose momentum; it means you organize the team and communicate effectively. In my opinion, what make a successful team are clearly the people within that team. Communication is vital. Team work requires you to communicate effectively with others and recognizing and understanding their viewpoints. Communication is essential to good working relationships where each individual is working towards the achievement of shared aims and …show more content…
If you're not on an official team at work, chances are you function within one in one way or another. So it's important for your personal and career development to know your team working strengths and weaknesses. This can also be known as “identifying talent” because it will waste time if you assign a team member to the wrong task. For example, in one team that I was in, I was the team leader and I assigned the task to the wrong person. Each team member had to make a powerpoint presentation and I asked Jassel to make the powerpoint presentation and whilst the task was going, in I did not monitor his performance and therefore the presentation was wrong. This was not good for development because it shows that I cannot trust a team member to get on with the task and we cannot develop as a team and