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I became a team leader six months ago. And I thought I was great because it took me so little time.
But then, I realized becoming a team leader is simple. If you do your work diligently, you will have your chance at it. Yet, remaining a great leader and proving yourself – that’s the hardest part.
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You will fail many times. And you will sacrifice your nights because you don’t know how to delegate.
The pressure gets in your head and private life. And you will have to find ways to keep everything under control. That will make the difference – you either make it or break it.
In these six months, I’ve been doing many wrong things. But I also improved a lot and became a decent leader.
My team respects and trusts me. But it took me quite some time to get there.
So, here are 6 cutting-edge behaviors to adopt if you want to become a great leader.
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The first time my boss introduced me as the next team leader, I felt the pressure.
My team knew I was a great developer. But they never thought I could become their leader. So nobody believed in me.
I wanted that position. I worked so hard for it, and I got it. But I didn’t know what I was doing. So, I ended up copying my predecessor.
I became a copycat, but that wasn’t my style. It didn’t reflect my personality. And people were not respecting my decisions.
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I am a decent developer, but I will never be the best. There are people in my team who were at my level years ago. And I can’t compete with them.
However, in the beginning, I wanted to do everything by myself.
I took the most difficult parts of the job because I didn’t trust my teammates. But they noticed, and they didn’t enjoy it.
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Also, when you try to do everything yourself, three things will happen:
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There are two types of leaders:
But terror only works for a limited time – that’s one thing I learned so far.
Eventually, people get sick of your abusive behavior. They don’t respect you anymore and start gossiping around you. That’s when you lose them forever.
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Six months ago, I avoided talking about my teammates’ performance. I didn’t feel good enough to tell them how they were doing. But if you don’t give feedback, how can anybody improve?
How can they understand their weak points and work on them?
I still struggle to give people performance feedback. But I’m trying to improve.
So, I set up a monthly meeting with my team to discuss their goals, paint points, and things they’ve been doing great.
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Teams improve faster when there’s a genuine interest in sharing knowledge among team members. So, push for knowledge sharing and be the first to organize meetings where people can showcase their latest work.
I used to avoid those moments because I didn’t know how to teach people. But my behavior split up the team – everyone did their job without knowing if somebody else did the same thing. So, every new task had to start from scratch.
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Many people struggle with work-life balance. And they think it’s their boss’ fault for calling them past their work schedule. But part of that fault is theirs – why did you answer?
When I started this new job, I heard the same things. Some colleagues worked even two hours over their schedule. And nobody paid them for those extra hours.
They didn’t respect their free time and po people around them got used to it.
But being available diminishes your value.
So, respect your free time and let people know you are not working for free.
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If you want to become a great leader, you have to become a great person first.
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