| In this article I will be describing what I believe | | | | A team leader in a way has to be good and bad |
| makes a poor team leader. I have had a number | | | | cop. They need to have an ability to heap praise, |
| of particularly bad team leaders in my own career | | | | where due, but they also should be able to |
| thus far and feel that I am rather qualified to | | | | become tough when required. If you have a team |
| write about this subject. By understanding what | | | | of eight people and one of this group constantly |
| constitutes a poor team leader can actually help | | | | fails to pull their weight or is always phoning in |
| people to become a better team leader; this may | | | | with some form of sickness then it is up to the |
| be at the present time or at some point in the | | | | team leader to take control. |
| future. I am currently in charge of a team of ten | | | | If the person in question is seen to get away with |
| people and the knowledge has certainly helped | | | | it then the other team members can quickly |
| me. | | | | become demoralised and are in danger of starting |
| Communication | | | | to think something along the lines of; well if they |
| If the team leader is unable to communicate | | | | can get away with why shouldn't I? |
| effectively to their team then it is virtually | | | | Motivation |
| impossible for them to be a good team leader. | | | | A team leader should be able to keep their team |
| What I mean by communication is not just an | | | | motivated throughout the working week. An |
| ability to be able to speak fluently but to be able | | | | unhappy team is unlikely to be able to produce |
| to speak in a clear, concise, confident and positive | | | | the goods and the level of quality is likely to go |
| way. | | | | down. |
| Discipline | | | | |