It’s not about you as a manager, it’s about the team. (I’ve always been better at helping others than helping myself, this could work… if I feel I am helping myself by helping others)
How to shape an effective team?
Atlassian suggests a few plays that can help shaping the team in the right direction:
Team Posters,
Roles and Responsibilities,
Network of Teams Play
Working Agreements
Team Posters
“Well, they are not really posters. They are documents” (I knew it, liaaars)
The poster presents the purpose and direction of the team to new members or other teams, and as a reminder for the team itself. This is discussed and agreed by the team. The poster also includes relevant details of team members (pfp, contacts, time zone…)
The poster also includesthe common understanding of:
what problems are being solved, why and for who?
Agreed upon metrics of assessment.
Current strategy
Communication channels
As a manager you are responsible to keep the discussion on point, keep them focused on task at hand. The documents will be useful, the discussion even more so.
Repeat the process every 3 months.