Analyzing the Impact of Team Leadership on Workplace Performance

This report examines the crucial role of team leadership in determining team success and performance within an organization. It addresses the research question of how effective team leadership impacts workplace performance, highlighting the assumptions that good leadership leads to high team performance and that leadership style influences team members. The report references historical developments and supporting evidence, including the importance of trust between team members and leaders, and the effectiveness of transformational leadership in fostering communication and conflict resolution. It concludes that there is a positive association between effective team leadership and team performance, recommending further research into strategies to improve team performance through leadership. References to various studies and articles support the analysis and recommendations.

Team Leadership
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Introduction
Team leadership plays vital role
in the success or failure of a team
(Dionne, 2004).
It aids to build creative teams in
order to grab the new opportunity
in the industry.
Moreover, it aids to lead the
employees for their great
performance (Shaw, 2018).

Purpose, Problem Statement and Research Questions
Research Question
For this research, the research questions show the
links amid effective team leadership and
performance at the workplace (Team, 2018).
Purpose of the study
This research study identifies to develop the
relationship amid effective team leadership and
team performance at the workplace.
Problem statement
In an organization, team leadership plays vital role
to steering the team with regards to attainment of
these particular goals at the workplace.

Discussion
Assumptions
A good leadership outcome shows
the high performance between
team members (Starks, 2015).
The sort of leadership style has
implied to persuade the team
members within the set of people
(Scott, 2018).

Background/Historical Development
A good team leader is self-
organized, a good communicator,
confident, respectful of others,
influential, and kind (Walter,
2017).
A good leader is competent to
build culture of inclusivity
between their teams (Ward,
2017).

Supporting Evidence
Using theories of trust with an attribution
theory of leadership enables a leader to act
effectively. The study proves that the extent
of trust that team member has on their team
leader could influence the overall
performance (Dirks, et. al., 2004).
It is significant to point that transformational
leadership is effective to make favorable
communication between team members and
builds cohesions and effective conflict
resolution strategies (Rahmani, et. al., 2017).

Conclusion
This study is used to assess the
nature of association amid effective
team leadership and performance.
There is favorable association amid
two variables.
An effective leadership focuses on
both determinant and influence the
team performance at the
workplace.

Recommendations
After the study, it could be
recommended that further
research be done on the aspect
of team leadership and strategy
to improve the performance of
team (Teamwork, 2018).

References
Dionne, S. (2004). Transformational leadership and team performance. Journal of
Organizational Change Management, 17(2).
Dirks, T., Yammarino, F. J., Atwater, L. E., & Spangler, W. (2004). Trust in Leadership and
team performance. Journal of Applied Psychology 85(6) p. 1004-1010
Rahmani, M., Roels, G., & Karmarkar, U. (2017). Team Leadership and Performance:
Combining the Roles of Direction and Participation. SSRN. Retrieved 9 April 2018, from
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2752523
Scott, S. (2018). The 10 Effective Qualities of a Team Leader. Chron. Retrieved 9 April 2018,
from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/10-effective-qualities-team-leader-23281.html
Shaw, J. (n.d.). The Attributes of an Effective Team Leader. AZCentral. Retrieved 9 April
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Starks, F. (2015). Leaders Influence Team Performance and Goal Achievement. About
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http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/team.html
Teamwork. (n.d.). Business Dictionary. Retrieved 9 April 2018, from
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/teamwork.html
Walter, E. (2017).12 Leadership Behaviors That Build Team Trust. Forbes. Retrieved 9 April
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Ward, S. (2017). Leadership Definition. The Balance. Retrieved 9 April 2018, from
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