Frank wareman team leading

LEADING A TEAM

Seminar Judge Conference 2014

Frank Wareman

Challenging!

• Managing a team at a GP or head judging a PTQ/WMCQ with a large team (> 3 judges) is more than assigning tasks: it can be quite a challenge…– At GPs you don’t know all the judges, you don’t know their

experience, we speak different languages and often there are some minor things different than you are used to.

– The GP location is very chaotic, many more people are playing than just your event and yours is likely not the most important one.

• Who remembers the first time as a team lead / PTQ head judge?

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What do you expect from a team lead?

• What are the qualities of a good team lead?

• Does the event and circumstances matter?

• When did you remember a bad experience with a team

lead?


Start of a team

It all starts with a great plan:

• Getting to know each other

• Planning for the day

• Sharing experiences

• Team meetings

• Working together

• Finish together


Then during the day...


Effective way to start

• Setting goals for your team to achieve.

• Giving your team a list of tasks to complete.


Managing Tasks

• Giving precise instruction what needs to be done or how it needs to be done.

• Task are not goals, they focus on what.

• Very common and useful in judging!– Rules & Policy, deck

checks, deck lists

Time Logistics Papers Floor DC

Arrival 7.30-7.45 Team meeting Team meeting Team meeting Team meeting

Registration 7:45-8:30Table numbering +

room setup

Pairing Boards

setup +

Crowd Control

Help Logistics Help Papers

Late registration 8:30-9:30 Control late players Post Name Ranges Help LogisticsCoordinate DL

collection

Player's meeting 9:30-10:00Byes/not on list

problems

Post Seat all

playersCollect DL Collect DL

R1 10:00-11:05 Float + EOR Pairings + slips

Count DL +

Coordinate team

breaks

Count DL

R2 11:05-12:10 Float + EOR Pairings + slips Float + FeaturesDL Penalties + DL

Sorting

R3 to R8 12:10-18:40 Float + EORPairings + slips +

DropBoothFloat + Features

Beginning + Mid-

round DC

R9 18:40 - 19:45Help Papers + Float

+ EOR

Standings +

Pairings + slips +

DropBooth

Float + FeaturesMonitor contention

tables

End 19:45 Debrief Debrief Debrief Debrief

9 rounds no shifts


Managing Goals

• Setting or creating a

target that needs to be

achieved.

• Together with team lead

and team member.

• Goals are not tasks,

they focus on how and

why.


Preperations are done…

Let’s start team leading!


1. Directing your team

Examples:

• Explaining the

procedures: appeals,

deck checks

• Break schedule

• Team meeting planning

Approach:

• Very directive, one-way

communication

• Detailed and precise


Coaching the team

Examples:

• Asking for input and

ideas about situations

• Think about ways to do

our work better

• Delegate tasks to team

members

Approach:

• Not directive, but

keeping control on the

result

• Discussion possible


Support your team

Examples:

• Delegate goals to the

team members: deck

checks, breaks, etc are

managed by team

• Team leader only there

when needed, on

request

Approach:

• Little control by team

leader, team members

decide


Delegating to the team

Examples:

• No team leader

involved: team works

by themselves

• Not so common...

Approach:

• No control by team

leader, team members

decide and are

responsible


Situational Leadership

A team leader chooses a

type for each situation:

• It’s not a type of leader

• Different situations

need a different type

• However the flow is

always the same


Communicating with the team leader

Each type has a different

communication:

1. Directive: “task completed”

2. Coaching: “how to do this?”

3. Supporting: “I need help.”

4. Delegating: “Taken care of!”

• Team meetings agenda:

– What did you do?

– What are you going to

do?

– Do you need help?


Entertainment & Humor

Frank wareman team leading