Team leadership model provides a framework in which to study the systematic factors that contributes to a group’s outcomes or general effectiveness

  • Critical function of leadership is to help the group accomplish its goals by monitoring and diagnosing the group and taking the requisite action
  • A strategic decision model has been developed to reveal the various decisions team leaders must make to improve their group’s effectiveness
  • The model describes the decisions:
    • What type of intervention should be used
    • At what level should the intervention be targeted
    • What leadership function should be implemented to improve group functioning
    • Questionnaires filled out by team members and the team leader can aid in diagnosing specific areas of the team problems and suggest action steps to be taken by the team.