Unsolicited advice for N00b team leaders

I’ll assume you were new at this …

1. Communication is your friend.
2. Tell people before you invite them in.
3. After people join your team, greet them.
4. Set a mission. Talk about what we’re doing. Don’t just run there.
5. See #1. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
6. Keep the team together. Stay with the team.
7. Lead from the front. No reason why you should be the last person up the elevator (by a minute), or out of the mish (as same).
8. Remember #1? Yeah, try that one again.
9. If half the team quits after the first mish, that might be a sign that something’s wrong. Or maybe it’s a coincidence. But …
10. If you run across someone who quit your team, issuing another blind invite and doing a local tell, “Follow me,” is probably not going to do the trick.
11. RETURN TO 1

This has been a public service announcement …