I have managed a team of FTs (mymar , msian) b4 frankly speaking
they are easier to control and take their job more seriously , the
team i have all are singaporeans , some have work in teh coy for 30
years so yi lao mai lao , some of them techical knowleadge also
quite strong in fact better then me , so they yaya , i am not in
management , just a supervisor / team leader , someone squeeze in
between , dun have the power to hire and fire but have to answer
all the responsibility and solve the problems
U have to know that people like u and me being put in that kind
of situations is either we applied for it during our job , or
someone has faith in our abilities to solve problems. Managers
solve problems. Team leaders solve problems. The similiarities are
that , u either u persuade on all players to play ball , or u
coerce them to doing it.
You have to know how to solve thier grievences , you have to
understand them , you have to be in thier shoes , u have to look
out for thier well being, you have to support them and show that u
care for them. You are the person that makes things going.
You are the thin-thread holds a loose group of banditos.
Its natural that those longer , or more experiened do not like a
newbie coming in , especially younger , telling them what to do.
Nobody likes it , hell i dun even think u like it too. So u gotta
understand man.. what u do is extremelydifficult at times. Leaders
are born , but leaders are also carved out from experience and
thier ability to influence those around them and then lead
them.
U know why u are called a Team Leader or not.
But in my opinion , the educated people are easier to deal with.
1 is because they are educated. And your team dun sound so lowly
educated. U want lowly educated u try contruction workers and what
nots .. u see la. u see they will give a sh|t about u or not. Will
even sabo ur car later. And 2 , they know the valule of $$$ and all
things related to $$$.
