Teamwork: Protecting Your Team

The video discusses servant leadership, emphasizing the need to support and protect team members. It outlines five key areas to shield teams from: distractions, interruptions, conflicts, enquiries, and poaching. The video introduces the red badge, blue badge method to prioritize tasks and ensure team efficiency. The focus is on removing organizational burdens to enhance team performance.

What are the two main responsibilities of a servant leader?

• Providing resources and protecting the team

• Setting goals and monitoring performance

• Conducting performance reviews

• Hiring and firing team members

How can a leader protect their team from administrative burdens?

• By delegating all tasks to the team

• By handling some tasks themselves

• By ignoring administrative tasks

• By increasing the team's workload

What should a leader do when team members face interruptions?

• Allow interruptions to continue

• Ignore the interruptions

• Encourage team members to handle it themselves

• Direct colleagues to approach the leader instead

What is a potential benefit of internal team conflict?

• It always disrupts team harmony

• It can be constructive if managed well

• It should be avoided at all costs

• It leads to team disbandment

Why is it important to give credit to team members when handling inquiries?

• To shift blame

• To ensure team members feel valued

• To reduce workload

• To avoid taking responsibility

What is the main risk associated with poaching team members?

• It increases team size

• It disrupts team dynamics and reduces capacity

• It has no impact on the team

• It improves team morale

What is the purpose of the red badge, blue badge method?

• To identify team leaders

• To prioritize urgent tasks and support team members

• To assign permanent roles

• To increase competition among team members