From IC to TL
The transition from Individual Contributor to Team Leader is challenging. You need to shift mindset from being the smartest person in the room to making the room smarter. You need to build a skillset that enables others to do their best work and grow: building shared purpose in your team, developing the members through coaching and stepping up as a leader who drives performance and engagement by both challenging and caring for your team. Often you will find yourself facing the additional challenge of leading people who were previously your peers. And you need to do all of this while keeping focused on delivering results.
This programme helps accelerate the transition from Individual Collaborator to effective Team Leader and focuses on learning and actions for the first 90 days in the new role.
Timeline
2021
focus
- focus on solutions – don’t blame team members
- focus on learning – don’t put team members down
- focus on purpose – share the why behind your decisions and link to team purpose
share
- share your personality, work style and preferences and help teammates to do the same
- share your vulnerability, failures and your feelings and help others to do the same
- share your learning – ask for input, opinions, and feedback and encourage others to do the same
engage
- be mentally present – close your laptop and put your phone down during meetings
- be physically present – face them, look at them and use body language to encourage them
- be emotionally present – be sensitive to their emotional state.
lead
- be available as a leader for 1:1 check-in’s, feedback sessions, and coaching
- be supportive as a leader by championing the team with management and peers
- be directive as a leader if team members talk negatively about another team member or if conflict is about people, not ideas.