Two areas new team leaders will want to place attention on are:
1. Understanding Your Role
2. Starting to develop foundational skills
Let us take a look at each one of these:
1. Understanding Your Role
As a team leader you wear many hats. Team leader, trouble shooter, the person responsible for the budget, technical ponit person, relationship buider, project manager. What would you put on your list of roles as a team leader?
Understanding your role and the expectations from your different stakeholders - boss, team members, internal and external stakeholders is a critical part of settling in and learning during the first 90 days.
2. Developing Skills
Many team leaders are thrust into the role and many may not bring the entire mix of technical, interpersonal, and leadership skills required. With your boss, and your mentor, identify areas you could benefit from acquiring further skills in, whether it is through a formal training program, job shadowing or informal learning opportunities.
Several of the skills which are foundational to success in a team leaders role are the fabric of the Teams365 Team Leader Foundations program, a series of 10 online learning modules (which can also be delivered in house).
Core skills which may be critical in your work include:
Relationship building skills
Technical skils
Financial management skills
Interpersonal skills including Emotional Intelligence, Communication, Conflict Management
Public Speaking/Presentation skills
What are the three most important skill areas for you to put some focus on. What would developing skills in these areas look like for you?
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