From the course: Inspirational Leadership Skills: Practical Motivational Leadership

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Are they a team?

Are they a team?

- The inspirational leader builds a great team. And I think it's obvious that you can't be a leader without a team, you have to have a team. And you're only as good as your team, so it's obvious you have to build a great team. And there's been a lot of books written about this, a lot of theories, and I just want to cover some of my favorite tips, I think, for building teams in this video. So first one is always have a weekly meeting with your team. People won't feel like a team unless they sit down 'round the table. And people say to me, "Oh, we haven't got time," or "We don't need it, it's open plan, we see each other anyway." Yes, you see each other one-to-one, but you don't all sit 'round a table and actually talk about stuff. So I think that weekly meeting is really key. The second team-building idea is to have some social events outside work. Again, it's tricky because some people don't like different types…

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