5 tips on how to effectively manage your team

1. Keep them in the loop

You have to maintain good communication with your team, let them know the goings on in the organisation and what’s happening. Encouraging feedback is also important so they know they can approach you when something isn’t going right or if they have any questions or issues about a project.

2. Get to know your team

It’s important to have positive working relationships with members of your team. Get to know them individually and on a more personal level. If you put the effort in to know more about them you’ll build a better rapport with the team as a whole.

3. Don’t just give negative feedback

You don’t want to be one of those bosses that only gives feedback when they have something to criticise. Remember to let a member of your team know when they are doing well, this will build their confidence and encourage them to continue doing good work in the future. If a team member feels their good work is going unnoticed why would they try as hard next time?

4. Assert your authority as a team leader

A good leader needs to be able to make decisions and have authority. You can’t be a flaky leader. Stick to your guns and trust in your own decision making.

5. Know which each member of your team excels at

When you delegate it’s important you give the right job to the right person – which is, again, why building personal relationships with each member of your team is so important. People perform better when they feel they are engaged in roles that suit their skills.