4 must have skills for team leader and manager

Every team leader or manager needs to have few skills which are crucial for him or her as an effective and efficient team leader or manager.

1. Planning and organizing

For example, for activities ranging form daily tasks to training sessions, you may need to

• Investigate, schedule, plan and coordinate with management and other department, as well as with team members
• Ensure that the necessary personnel and equipment are available for any planned activities
• Establish and/or maintain record keeping to document what’s accomplished

2. Delegating

You need to know when and have to assign some of your responsibilities to team members. For example, it may be easiest for team. Members who perform certain tasks to keep records or report results themselves, while keeping you apprised. By giving up responsibilities, you free some time for the work that only you can or should do, involve team members further and them with an opportunity for personal development.

3. Problem Solving

It’s important to know how to analyze situations and recognize when to take action and make decisions. You need to take action and make the right choices when problems arise. Of course it’s better still to be able to prevent problems in the first place!

4. Communication

It’s essential to stay in touch with team members, colleagues and management alike. Effective communication means expressing yourself and listening to what others are trying to all you. In your job, you’ll need to be able to pass on team members’ concerns to management- and explain management decisions to team members. Both require good communication skills.

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