Respond to the posts on topic: As a manager/team leader would you rather be assigned to a highly successful team, or a team that is less than successful. Why or why not?

by  Krishna Battu

A manager or leader is the person that leads you in any organization. The difference between a good and bad manager lies in the fact that a good manager allows you to work with all the trust while a bad manager makes you do the work no matter what the consequences are. Being a manager, I would rather select a team that is not very successful but skilled enough as the successful team can bring you the outcomes easily but being the manager or the leader the real abilities and capabilities lies in the fact that the slow runners ultimately wins the race through constant efforts and hard work. The skilled and learned leader helps the team to achieve the desired results by providing them the right directions and thorough support (Fapohunda, 2013). Being a manager I would like to lead a team that doesn’t have pre-defined methods and changes during the progression will disturb the team’s motivation. A less successful team will look for more motivation and ideas and ask for guidance so that they could work collectively to achieve the goals. I would not select a successful team as they will have their ways to perform. They will be skilled enough to complete the tasks on their own. On the other hand, the team that is not successful will listen to the directions and instructions from their manager. Managerial traits will help to encourage the team members and will allow them to explore more ways to achieve the desired results. New innovative techniques and opportunities will be provided to the team members so that they can explore their abilities to work in complex work environments. Therefore, I would rather select a not-so-skilled team and train them to better and successful so that they could easily adapt to the changes and work effectively to achieve the goals (Miller, n.d.).

References

Fapohunda, T. (2013, January ). Towards Effective Team Building in the Workplace. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258344173_Towards_Effective_Team_Building_in_the_Workplace

Miller, L. M. (n.d.). Team Management: The Core Practice of A High Performance Organization. Retrieved from https://www.lmmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Team-Management.pdf