Good Team Leaders Checklist

HIGH-PERFORMING teams have six characteristics: leadership, organization, communication, knowledge, experience, and discipline, says former Air Force F-115 pilot James Murphy. But among these, leadership comes first. Bad leadership destroys a team.

Leaders hold themselves accountable for team performance. And great teams support each other.

on Courage to Implement he writes, “Leaders of high-performing teams encourage their people to ask these two questions: First, Is there someone on my team who needs my help in achieving our goals? Second, Do I need help from someone on my team to achieve our goals?“

Murphy offers a Good Team Leaders Checklist to ensure you create a positive team environment every day:

○ Take responsibility: A team owns success; a leader has failure.

○ Enforce accountability for themselves and their team members.

○ Model a Suitable example.

○ Strengthen standards and processes.

○ Develop situational awareness.

○ Listen actively.

○ Facilitating collaboration.

○ Delegating, trusting, and developing leadership in others.

○ Organize mutual support.

○ Thank and reward team members.