A good Team Leader maintains his close communication with his affiliates. It is through communication that relationship will start to develop. Being a Team Leader, you are leading and laying down the foundation of your relationship within your team. Your examples play an important role in forming what kind of relationship will be established within your team.
So when you send messages to your team, keep in mind the following principles to avoid too much or being redundant in communicating with them:
Ask the following questions:
What is the message? Are you sending messages that are readily available at SFI homepage, like the “Tip of the Day” or just sending the “Quote of the Day”, which they can read themselves as they log in daily? Does your message contain important information vital for your team’s success?
How often do you communicate with your team? Messages should be sent at regular intervals so they are expected (once or twice a week). This predictability will increase the chances that the message will be read. Only extremely urgent messages should vary from scheduled message times. Being sent at a different time than usual will emphasize its importance, but only if it is rare and all other messages are sent at a regularly scheduled time.
Why is this message necessary? Before sending any message out, ask why you are sending it. Pausing will help to determine what information is essential and what is not. If it is not essential, perhaps it should only be communicated to those it concerns in a different manner.
If you want your team members to take you seriously, avoid unnecessary repetition. Don’t over flog any message; tell your team members what you want them to know or do. Also ask them if they are clear about it.
To sum up, remember that the point of working as a team is to share ideas and boost productivity of your team. As a Team Leader, you lead them by your examples. Be a team player and create friendship in your team!
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A good Team Leader maintains his close communication with his affiliates. It is through communication that relationship will start to develop. Being a Team Leader, you are leading and laying down the foundation of your relationship within your team. Your examples play an important role in forming what kind of relationship will be established within your team.
So when you send messages to your team, keep in mind the following principles to avoid too much or being redundant in communicating
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