Congratulations! You have just been promoted to a role in which you have a team of very skilled and motivated employees who have been working together for sometime. The job that they are doing is challenging in nature, and all of them are highly trained experts in their part of the job. The work of this team requires people to collaborate and communicate effectively with each other, as no one person can do the work independently.
Start your journal by describing this department to offer that context in the beginning of your journal. Add in your perspective about the culture that you would like to create in the department or the organization overall, using ideas presented about organizational cultures in recent class materials and discussions.
As you begin the process of leading this team, you notice that there are some opportunities for improvement in the way that they work effectively together. Select 5 ideas from the textbook that you will focus on in terms of your own leadership behaviors that will impact the effectiveness of the team’s working together. Be descriptive about what actions you will take and how you will overcome obstacles as you begin to implement these 5 ideas. Make sure to focus your journal on your own behavior as a leader, even if you also believe that other people will need to adjust their behaviors in order to make these changes work. The goal is to reflect on how you as a leader can impact a team’s effectiveness.
