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Effective team management styles

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Dennis C
Effective team management styles

A strong team is a key to successful business development. The importance and effectiveness of teamwork play a particularly important role when launching a startup. After all, in the first stages, it is necessary to solve the problems. And the more efficient and faster the team solves the tasks, the more chances for further successful promotion. Today startups appear every day. Some succeed and turn into well-known brands and services, others close down. At the same time, the number of team-building specialists is also growing, which indicates a lack of understanding of the importance of a failed organization and employee management.


It's not difficult to assemble a team today. You can use enterprise applications and platforms to set up remote teamwork. Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, and Trell have a wide range of functionality for managing a startup. In addition, most platforms support the integration of the OS with third-party applications, which allows you to combine several tools into a single workspace, expanding its functionality. For example, Microsoft 365 business voice SMS raises the level of communication between you and your partners/customers.


In fact, you unlock the full potential of a business phone with the help of a VoIP service. There are hundreds of integrations. The organization of the workspace is the first step to creating a friendly and effective team, which is a technical issue. But managing the work of a team is a more complex process. It requires experience, skills, and abilities. Each manager adheres to his principles, accumulated over years of practice. There are several basic management styles for team members. One of them prevails one way or another.


Partner style. You build friendly communication with your team, create harmonious respectful relationships, and form a non-conflict atmosphere in the team. Such a style is good in combination with the others, but you should not limit yourself to it, otherwise, you won't be able to increase productivity. You need to remember about the partner style when there is a need for conflict resolution when someone from the team needs advice and help.


Democratic style. It helps to involve subordinates in work activities and forms mutual understanding in the team. Such a style works great when employees work together, go towards a common goal, and have sufficient professionalism. The main disadvantage of the democratic style is that employees need to be systematically organized, directed, monitored, and held meetings as often as possible.

Team style. The management interacts with the staff in a commanding tone that does not tolerate objections. It'll be easier for you to control the situation and motivate subordinates with strict discipline and sanctions for its violation. Team style is good in crises when a startup may close. A good manager won't manage a team in this style permanently, as it suppresses the initiative of employees and their desire to learn.


What style should I choose for team management? The answer depends on the personal qualities of your employees, as well as the current state of affairs in the company.



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