Team leader
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A team leader or team lead is someone (or in certain cases there may be multiple team leaders) who provides guidance, instruction, direction, leadership to a group of other individuals (the team) for the purpose of achieving a key result or group of aligned results. The or team leader monitors the quantitative and qualitative result that is to be achieved. The leader works with the team membership.[citation needed]
It is often important to note that the team membership may not directly report or answer to the team leader, (who is very often a senior member of the organization but may or may not be a manager) but would be expected to provide support to the team leader and other team members in achieving the team's goals.
A good team leader listens constructively to the membership and to the customer(s) of the results that the team is charged with delivering.
The responsibilities of a team lead vary greatly between organizations, but usually includes some responsibility for team building and ensuring teamwork. The term is used to emphasize the cooperative nature of a team, in contrast to a typical command structure, where the head of a team would be its "commander".
At Circuit City, a team lead's major responsibilities are to direct and motivate the associates in their department. This is done by setting examples through their actions. Lowe's also has a team leads function, however the team lead's major responsibilities are the same as the responsibilities of any other associate.
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