Current Situation of My Team | Management

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Management
Name
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Introduction
The main aim of the report is to develop a plan for guiding and developing team members
of my team. The plan will involve description, assessment and analysis of the current situation of
my team, evaluation of communication strategies and motivational techniques, identification of
factors that cannot be controlled as well as my desires future state of employees.
Current situation of my Team
My team consist of 10 individuals from diverse races, genders and religion. All team
members are age mates hence there are not age disparities within the team. I was appointed as a
team leader to oversee a project projected to end by December. All team members are bound by
the group’s regulations and policies which require each member to adhere. The current situation
of my team is not such good for delivering high-end performance and achieve the set goals and
objectives within the stipulated time. Furthermore, over the last few weeks, the level of
commitment and engagement within my team has been declining. The low levels of attendances
on meeting and contributions on various communication media which we use to communicate
our progress is declining. Kim, MacDuffie & Pil (2010) on the research “Employee voice and
organizational performance” pointed low level of participation and commitment as a symptom
of dissatisfied team members within a group. Besides, there have been various conflicts among
members that have hampered team progress and created inefficiencies in the manner in which we
are supposed to do our activities. Furthermore, some individuals’ team members are shrinking
their duties and responsibility due to the sharing of roles. For example, some members are doing
additional work for others who have a low contribution which has led to resentment resulting in
team ineffectiveness.
Assessment of the current situation within my Team

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The situation has a high impact on the goals and objectives of the team. The morale and
motivation of the team members had been high during the first days. However, the morale and
motivation has declined day by day and therefore if strong leadership will not take its course to
bring a solution, there is a likelihood of the entire team failing to deliver the group objectives.
According to Ngambi (2011), low morale and motivation among employee are positively linked
with team spirit and disengagements. For example, conflict in roles and responsibility is an
indication that how roles and responsibilities were delegated among team members was
dissatisfied leading to loss of motivation and disengagement among some team members.
As a leader of the group, I have to strategize and effectively utilize my leadership skills to
develop a highly motivated group. My leadership strengths include a good communicator,
listening skills, social skills, teamwork, confidence, determination, a good decision-maker as
well as a problem solver. The effective utilization of the skills can address the issues. For
example, through effective communication on roles and responsibilities, I will bring a rationale
on how to maintain equality and improve engagement.
Analysis of the Situation and recommendations for improving constructive feedback of my
Team and to Individual members
The current situation requires effective support and encouragement of employees to have
full participation for the project to be completed within the stipulated time. A timely solution to
the situation will lead to high performance. The current situations indicate that the extent of
motivation and morale among the team members is very low or perhaps there are gaps in
leadership capabilities which have contributed to the situation. Gaining feedback about employee
concerns is one way of ensuring there is an improvement. To improve feedback for my team and
individual members, I will focus on a problem in particular but not the weakness and strengths of