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The leader's prime task is to establish a team and to ensure that the team has a clear purpose and sufficient resources to achieve it. It is difficult to acquire the right mix of experience in a team, but it is vital if the team is to be effective.

Aim at peak performance

 

It is the role of the team leader to facilitate team's efficiency. Certain measures would help to achieve this.

• All team members should be aware of their responsibilities in the team;
• They should be encouraged to contribute their best to the team and task in hand;
• The team goals should be set at a correct level to inspire continued motivation,
• Duplicate tasks between team and individual responsibility should be checked;
• A team member should know the task of another one team member;
• Responsibility to act with own initiative should be encouraged within a team;
• A complete project should be given to a team to handle;
• People forming working partnerships with the team should be encouraged;
• All team success should be acknowledged, publicized and celebrated.
• An easily accessible way of displaying team progress should be found.