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To build effective project teams and to maintain the necessary teamwork, a project leader must understand the aspects of team leadership and the crucial skills of team members. In this paper, we review and analyse the two aspects of team leadership: (1) developing credibility and influence among team members and (2) establishing a motivating vision and goals for the team - because an exemplary project leader must understand these aspects before they can master them. We also look in-depth at the two main skills associated with team membership: (1) advantageous roles and (2) providing helpful feedback to others. We believe that it is important for project leaders to properly balance their leadership style to enhance team performance. "The key is to have a balance between task-oriented roles and relationship-building roles displayed in the team [to help avoid] the downfall of many teams ... [who become] one dimensional" (Whetten & Cameron, 2016, p.515).Lastly, we reviewed the four stages of team development and how a team can reach the performing stage. We feel that a project leader can enable the team to reach the performing stage only when they can identify what stage the team currently is in. This will allow the project leader to properly establish clear, and concise goals and to reward team members when successful. We believe this knowledge prevents a project leader from becoming complacent and ignorant to the team's success. Effective teams can quickly fall behind when groupthink takes over or when the team is not focused on the correct tasks.
Keywords: Teamwork, Project Leader, Leadership, Motivation, Performance
Introduction
Building effective teams and teamwork is not limited to a specific organization; this is an approach that can be used anywhere that collaboration is required among multiple people, teams or projects. Every team needs to be able to work together towards a common goal in order to be successful. When faced with adversity, the tactics mentioned in this paper can help teams become prepared to handle it. Deep down everyone wants to contribute to the success of their organization and team. The scope of our analysis includes, but is not limited to identifying the key elements of the two aspects of team leadership; the two main skills associated with team membership;...