I’m a very experienced manager in retail in the UK. In a recent performance review its been pointed out that I’m not a team player. This has come as a shock to me but I do realize that its what other people say I have to consider. I’m currently dealing with many performance issues within my store. I have completed a feedback exercise and am building this into a development plan for myself. I just need some help to turn this perception of me around , whilst at the same time being firm with the non performance issues and certainly not looking like I’m backing in to people. I am a strong leader, I’m working with a team of managers who on the whole have less experience than me. how can I turn my perception around?
The Team Doc Says…
One of the really cool things about the technology available today is that your team can be located around the world and still accomplish its objectives. It’s really not necessary anymore for the team leader and team members to be sitting together in cubes to get the job done.
But having a virtual team that is located in several different places can be a challenge. Adding a new team member to the team – and helping them be a successful team member – can be particularly problematic. Here are a few things you can do to make the change successful for your new team member and your existing team.
The Team Doc Says…
I supervise a team of administrative assistants. The cohesiveness of my team is great. The one area I thought had improved but just reared its ugly head is the value my employees place on themselves. I feel they understand their role in our company; sometimes the inadvertent actions of others give them the perception they are less important. I can’t control how this makes them feel but how can I overcome it? How do I improve their sense of worth?
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When entering a new position that has an established team, how would you best approach the team to gather info about each member, find out their strong and weak points, find out “what they do” and what makes them tick? I know this could come off as a “bad thing” day one, so I am trying to see how best to go about this to get good feedback and input without coming off as negative?
The Team Doc Says…
I have a team leader that likes to bark orders in a rough voice. What can we do?
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