Do you know what makes a team leader? Do you have leaders on your team? Do you want team leaders on your team? Maybe this pearl can help.
A team is “a group of independent people working interdependently for the good of the patients”. There are three types of team members…not all are team leader material:
Independent team members take responsibility for their successes and do whatever it takes to correct their failures—they can become successful team leaders.
Dependent team members don’t take responsibility for their lives, typically blaming others and the situation for their failures—they don’t make successful team leaders.
Interdependent people help each other perform their tasks (for example, when assisting the doctor with patient treatment)—they can become team leaders, but only if they are the independent type.
Are your employees a team? To definitively answer this question, have them all fill out the self-evaluations in the attached PDF. Have them answer ALL of the questions to determine what must be done to improve your team morale and effectiveness.
Do you have any team leaders? We all have a natural tendency to be team leaders, depending on our personality style strengths. Unfortunately nobody is genetically a leader as seen in the table below, since we must be strongly both independent and interdependent to be a team leader. We all go to our strongest style when distressed, a typical state for leaders to be in.
| Style | Dependent | Independent | Interdependent |
| Analyzer | Moderate | Strong | Weak |
| Director | Weak | Strong | Weak |
| Relator | Strong | Weak | Strong |
| Socializer | Moderate | Moderate | Strong |
See the attached PDF to evaluate your team and determine what you must due to have a strong, patient-centered team and successful team leaders.
If you want to know more about personality you might find "Personality Finesse...how we nurture our nature" helpful.
If you want to find out more about your team's personalities refer to this link, or obtain the "Organization & Hiring Management Kit" to develop the strongest team possible.
