Leaders and Team Roles to Serve the Team
ADDITIONAL INFO:
It’s 1 page for both discussions. It’s two separate discussions
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discussion topic 1:
Your team isn't just people who work under you; you must surround yourself with people who can advise you, challenge you, and keep you honest—including mentors, coaches, and advisors. All members of a team must be aligned towards common goals. The team must have shared expectations and clearly identified priorities. Last week, you put together a fantasy team of four JGR employees to plan and run a daylong conference. Think about this team's individual strengths and weaknesses. Then determine whether your team would most benefit from a coach, advisor, or mentor. What sort of person do you think would be a good advisor, mentor, or coach for this team based on the team need and why? How will their expertise make the team more cohesive?
Remember to keep your focus on what role would best serve the team and you as leader, rather than a specific person.
Discussion topic 2:
Never forget that the most important member of your team is you. You must behave as a team player—in Joe's words, "lead from ahead, not above." To foster collaboration and success within your team, you need to lead by example and be a member of your own team. Don't ask your team members to do things you wouldn't do yourself. This helps break down barriers between team members and leaders and creates a sense of teamwork. This week, you see examples of how other leaders apply these principles to their own teams. Identify someone in your professional work life (past or current) who leads by example. Describe their specific actions and the impact that those specific actions and their leadership has on others.
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The team of JGR employees tasked with planning and running a daylong conference features four individuals whose diverse and equally unique contributions reveal their individual strengths and weaknesses in executing the assigned roles and responsibilities. One of the team members, for instance, displays a unique ability to thrive under pressure, dynamic, and courage to overcome obstacles but with a proneness to provocation as a weakness. The second team member is cooperative, diplomatic, and perceptive, with a weakness of indecisiveness during critical times and likes to avoid confrontations. The third team member’s weaknesses include his tendency to ignore the little or subordinate details while the fourth team member is slow to respond to changes or new possibilities despite his remarkable ability of turning ideas into actions and organization. Achieving the desired outcome of running a successful daylong conference requires enha...