How to lead a team

[Tom Line]

1. Be confident. Even if you're not.
2. Trust in others. Give them a job, and let them fail at it. Don't hover over them. This will help develop your team, and other leaders will step up.
3. Be complimentary when giving critism. "That looks really good! What would happen if you tried XXXX". Rather than "That will never work. Do this."
4. Do NOT make it a popularity contest. Don't pick the coolest, funniest, or most hip person to do things. Pick the most competent person.
5. Have discipline, and reinforce through action rather than deed that you ARE the boss. Hold people to their commitments. Remove them when it's clear they're not capable of keeping them.
6. Do the right thing. What would you do if you were NOT afraid of disappointing or upsetting someone? That is probably the right course.
7. Admit mistakes freely. Then move on. The object is to establish there has been an error and then find a solution. NOT to determine who created the issue in the first place. They already know they did it, and they already feel bad.