Team Dynamics and Leadership: A Reflection on PechaKucha Presentation

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1. Introduction
For every professional, reflecting upon past experiences proves very significant as it
helps in evolving communication skills, enhanced future performance and develop conflict
resolution power. Assignments and presentations have facilitated adaptation of team
dynamics for problem solving (Bankowski, 2010). In many institutions and workplace, team
approaches have led bringing together different people to benefit from their diversified
experiences and manpower. Studies by Fulk, et al. (2011), have discovered that working in
teams provide with best standards if the goal or common target has been identified before
forming teams. This report has been prepared to reflect on the team experience while making
PechaKucha presentation where the team members including myself undertook tutorial
presentation and discussion assignments. Along with identifying academic literature related
to team dynamics and leadership, the characters and role of other team members during the
presentation will also be described in this report. All the secondary literature addressing the
theme has been proposed from academic theories and research papers.
2. Knowledge on Topics Discussed
Good leadership is indispensable for achieving goals and objectives in businesses
(Bedi, et al., 2014). Leadership can be defined as a process of directing and guiding the
behaviour of people within workplace environment. Leaders are the ones who influences
others through their aptitude to inspire, communicate and motivate effectively (McCleskey,
2014). In literature, there are several leadership theories and models that are used by
managers and leaders to achieve desired goals and objectives. Each style or strategy of
leadership can be used depending on the situation or organization. For example, Kurt Lewin’s

leadership style theory comprises of democratic, autocratic and laissez-faire. These are the
three basic styles defined by the author that can be used on teams according to the situation.
For example, Google, which is one of the most reputed companies uses democratic leadership
style in which all the team members are allowed to participate in decision making process.
When the situation demands, democratic leadership offers flexibility on adapting things to
perform in enhanced manner (Billig, 2015).
Leadership strategies states about the style in which leader can influence the group
performance like Situational leadership model of Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard
( Ghazzawi, et al., 2017). This model is a fine example where changes and adjustments are
required during work progression. Under this theory, changes are made according to the
readiness observed among team members while matching the leadership style required to
complete the task in effective manner. According to the research made by Ghazzawi, et al.
(2017), situational leadership style has proved very effective in motivating employees in a
healthcare organisation of Lebanon where otherwise the productivity level was seen
decreasing. Relationship behaviour among leaders can engage them in personal
communication that may include listening, coaching and encouraging. General George
Patton, a high ranked leader in American military is one of the fine examples of situational
leaders who wrote numerous papers on civil wars strategies and campaigns that act as a guide
for his army. However, situational leadership style comes with many criticisms while
applying it to organisational setting. According to researchers, this leadership model can be
applied upon certain kind of employees only (McCleskey, 2014).
In the entire semester, chapters related to teams and team dynamics were given much
emphasis as they are the key elements for achieving success in business. By establishing
effective teams, job can be completed in faster and superior manner. According to Connors &
Caple (2005), “The ability to see interpersonal and group processes beyond the individual