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As a team leader,

you would definitely

want to see

cooperation among

your team members.

But this is easier

said than done. For

you to be able to

foster effective team

work amongst your members, you need to be fully

aware of all the elements involved. You must also be

ready to make the necessary adjustments to make

sure you take into consideration all the personalities

of each of the team members. Though this seems

really hard to do, careful planning, proper

organization, and the use of effective motivation can

help you make your team work better as a unit.

Below are the basic elements of team work you

should consider:

Every member of the team has to COMMUNICATION:

be aware of what the other members are up to,

especially when they are dealing with a complex

project. By keeping the lines of communication open,

both among the members and with the manager, the

team becomes more able to respond to unexpected

events more quickly.

A team leader must DELEGATION OF TASKS:

delegate tasks properly. Otherwise, it will be hard for

the team to work harmoniously and efficiently as a

group. Needless to say, each team member has

experience and abilities that are unique, and these

differences should be the basis of the team leader

when assigning tasks to them. By letting everyone do

what they are good at, the group can function at their

best.

An effective manager or team leader GOAL SETTING:

is someone who can set clear and accurate goals for

his team. It is important also for all the set goals to be

realistic so that every expectation will also be

reasonable. Ideally, a team leader would break all the

team goals into smaller goals arranged according to

priority. This way, the team will have an idea of what

to focus on first and may also develop a sense of

continuity.

How a leader INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

deals with his team members, and how team

members deal with one another are key to achieving

team work. It is important for every individual

involved to not think about competing with one

another. Thus, great camaraderie should be

developed. This can be developed through team-

building activities, for instance. It is actually the job of

the team leader to come up with creative ways he

could allow his members to know one another on a

personal level.

As any life coach would say, MOTIVATION:

motivation is what can keep a person going despite

all the challenges and difficulties that may come his

way. A good team leader must know how to motivate

his team because motivation leads to job satisfaction

on the part of the workers as well. And when workers

are happy with their jobs, productivity easily follows.

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One of the most

basic aspects of

being an

entrepreneur or

owning a

business is goal

setting.

Unfortunately for

employers, not every person who tries to be part of

the workforce clearly understands what it takes to

plan a successful career path. As an employer, you

would want your workers to be more independent in

their work, thus, it is vital that they be at least know

how to set goals and then figure out ways they could

achieve such goals. It is, therefore, your responsibility

to teach or train your people how proper goal setting

is done, but not through those boring classes or

speeches. Below you will find some unique and

interesting methods by which you may help your

staff develop this important skill.

Through Visual Aids

By using visual aids, you could give your employees

an exact picture of what’s to happen in the future.

While you could simply make them imagine working

in a newly opened branch of yours, it would be more

interesting on their part to see it. Thus, you should

encourage them to create a goal poster where they

will post images of the things they look forward to.

For instance, if one of your employers has always

wanted to go on a trip to South Africa, he or she could

cut out photos of animals and all the tourist spots

that can only be found in such places. This poster will

serve as a reminder to the employees that there is a

reason for them to work hard and remain dedicated

to their jobs.

Use Lists

If you are someone who likes making a list of the

things you need to accomplish in a day, you may not

be aware that you are actually setting goals. Many

people become more effective at work when they

have a list to refer to and follow in terms of what they

should accomplish. Thus, employers could use this

method to remind their employees of what specific

goals they are expected to meet for a particular

period of time.

Using Charts

Do you remember how you school teacher would

draw charts to show who had a perfect attendance,

for instance, or who had the highest scores during the

exams? You might not have been aware of your

teacher’s intention for doing that, but it was actually

to encourage everyone to perform better in class.

This is what you can also do to motivate your

employees to be better in what they do. For instance,

you could demonstrate on a chart whoever has

surpassed their quotas, so that everyone would be

inspired to do the same. By doing these things to

inspire your workers, you are actually serving as a

career or life coach to them with how you are helping

them set goals effectively.

Losing a job can

certainly have many

negative effects to a

person’s self-worth

and self-esteem. No

matter what the

reason is for your job

loss, it can still make your feel like a big failure.

Maybe for a person like you, this would be an intense

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feeling, and something that may even continue to

grow. The worst thing about this is that it may even

have an impact on your family and loved ones. Of

course, your losing of your job is an event that will

change all your lives in so many ways.

If you strongly feel that you are about to lose your job

eventually, the best thing you can do is prepare not

only yourself, but your family as well. You may also

consider consulting a life coach to help you go

through this difficult process. Here are some of the

biggest effects you should anticipate after you lose

your job.

Family Income

The income is perhaps the most devastating and the

most immediate effect of losing a job. Although it is

expected that every household keeps some amount of

money as their emergency savings, this doesn’t

commonly happen in real life. As a result, job loss can

easily mean the family not being able to afford

luxuries anymore. What can be worse than this is that

at times, even finding money for the family’s basic

necessities becomes really hard. This explains why a

huge percentage of families experiencing job loss

turn to state or federal assistance just so they can

have something to eat.

Emotional Struggles

Those who are terminated by their employers or laid-

off are very likely to experience anxiety and a deep

feeling of grief. This is because they tend to feel cast

aside and betrayed by the people they had served for

years. A person suffering from anxiety can easily

change moods, which has a direct impact on the

people he or she lives with. In fact, there have been

many cases in which the tension and anxiety cause by

a job loss have led to the failure of marriage. And for

the children too, it can be depressing and traumatic

to witness their parents arguing and seemingly

hating each other because of job loss.

Children’s Education

When an employee is left with no choice but to look

for another job elsewhere, it is often the children who

have to make the biggest adjustment. This is what

happens especially when one of the parents has to

relocate to find a new job or have a career change.

Needless to say, this is not good for the children, who

may experience insecurity because of the family’s

lack of stability.