From the course: The Leader Habit (Blinkist Summary)
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Developing task-oriented skills
From the course: The Leader Habit (Blinkist Summary)
Developing task-oriented skills
- [Instructor] Blink number five: Developing task-oriented skills helps you to become an effective leader. Do you think of yourself more as a task-oriented leader or a people-oriented leader? First and foremost, if you're going to lead a team, you must be able to get stuff finished. In short, you'll need to become more efficient at task-oriented behaviors. Let's look more closely at plan and organize work, a skill that is essential for successfully completing tasks. It forms part of getting things done. The idea is to frame delegation work and resources in a way that a team can easily understand. The first micro-behavior demanded here is the creation of a detailed project plan. This plan should contain information regarding individual task responsibilities and a clear set of deadlines. When the project is next discussed, be sure to give the team a few minutes to suggest one actionable task and its associated deadline.…
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