5 Essential Actions You Must Do When You Take Over A Team (Leadership 101)
<p>Okay, picture this: you're suddenly the skipper of a ship midway through a tumultuous voyage — your boat, your crew.</p>
<p>But then you move ships, new crew, new boat. Yikes. Same strategy? Nope, hold it there. You'll sink and fast.</p>
<p><strong>It's now more wild and an overwhelming ride.</strong></p>
<p>And Be Warned. Taking over the leadership of a new team is tough.</p>
<h1>1. Understanding the Team, Including Their Secret Handshakes</h1>
<p>Yes, your new Team will be full of weirdos. They will also think the same of you.</p>
<p>I remember my first stint as Team lead like a recurring nightmare.</p>
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<p>I hiked in all confident and bold, ready to whip things into shape.</p>
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<p><strong>I didn't realize I'd crashed into an ongoing party until I saw the cringe and scepticism on the faces around me.</strong></p>
<p>I realized I'd hit into an endless party where I wasn't invited.</p>
<p>And let me tell you, no one likes a party pooper. You must learn the ropes, observe the dynamics, get the inside jokes, and even learn a secret handshake or two before sounding the orders.</p>
<p>And I don't do secret handshakes.</p>
<p>Mmm. Understand the quirks. There will be plenty of them.</p>
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