TEAM LEADERSHIP
Your team can be a powerful accelerator! It is crucial to keep your (founder) team strong, and moving in the same direction.
For many founders, at one time or another, it becomes a challenge to keep everyone aligned and working effectively together. It requires conscious effort and attention. Specifically investing in the founder relationship is crucial for long-term success.
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” – Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn
Even though we know the team is one of the most important assets of any company, problems around the team are among the top 3 reasons why start-ups don’t succeed. Arguably though it’s one of the reasons you have most within your control. When thinking about effective team leadership take the following questions into account:
- How much do you know about your team’s motives, personal drivers and priorities? Do you discuss this?
- Do you feel your whole team is working towards their strengths and unique qualities?
- Are all roles and responsibilities clear?
- How effective (and enjoying) are your meetings?
- Do you often give and receive feedback or compliments?
From all the books we read “Scaling Up” by Verne Harnish encapsulates in our opinion how to deal with team effectiveness the best. Harnish highlights the importance of hiring and developing leaders who can delegate effectively, maintain accountability, and ensure alignment with the company’s goals. He also stresses the need for a strong company culture that supports and values employees, which in turn fosters a sense of purpose and direction. This approach helps create a cohesive and motivated team, essential for overcoming the challenges of rapid growth.
Acting on your team
To increase your leasership’s team effectiveness we have three tips for you to start. Be also mindfull of the following:
- Evaluate how you can optimise your team’s effectiveness and whether roles, responsibilities are clear and how you can better align tasks towards qualities and strengths.
- Organise a session or offsite to not only discuss strategy but also work on aligning the team and bringing the team better an strengthen an effective relationship.
- Host a team session to define your joined goals, strengths, pitfalls but also allergies and build stronger personal relationships.
- Incorporate Founder Resilience as inspiration session for your team to act.
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So Founders can Thrive
We are excited about the journey ahead we are always looking for new insights and valuable connections to bring this further. It is crucial to learn from each other so we are very thankful if you are willing to share yours. Feel free to reach out to us to connect.
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We can help you create team sessions to increase alignment and team effectiveness. Need inspirations for a engaging off-site to increase team collaboraton and cohesion book a meeting with us!