Category: Thought

Competency: Leading Effective Teams

Competency Definition: The ability to build, guide, and motivate teams to achieve goals through collaboration, accountability, and shared purpose.

Abbreviation in Louisiana Jobs: LET - 26


Leading Effective Teams

Competency Behaviors: Specific, observable actions demonstrating the competency

Forming


Struggles to demonstrate the competency; needs guidance and practice.
  • Struggles to provide direction or oversight; team lacks focus or alignment
  • Fails to build trust or address team dynamics; avoids development conversations
  • Communicates inconsistently; feedback is infrequent, unclear, or lacks relevance
  • Makes poor or delayed decisions without team input; issues persist
  • Struggles to delegate; limits autonomy and team accountability

Improving


Shows growth and increasing confidence but not yet consistently independent

Successful


Demonstrates the competency independently and reliably in routine situations
  • Sets focused expectations, aligns work with priorities, and provides supervision and guidance
  • Builds a collaborative, respectful environment; addresses issues and supports team growth
  • Communicates using organized and timely methods; listens to understand and provides feedback that supports improvement
  • Makes sound, timely decisions and seeks input to resolve challenges
  • Delegates tasks, shares responsibility, and encourages ownership of outcomes

Exceeds


Applies the competency independently in challenging or high-impact situations, adding value or insight

Exceptional


Demonstrates subject-matter expertise, serves as a role model, and elevates standards.
  • Inspires with a compelling vision, anticipates needs, and adapts direction to maximize team impact
  • Builds inclusive, high-performing teams; fosters psychological safety and champions development
  • Adapts communication style and feedback to the audience in order to build alignment, increase engagement, and promote development
  • Anticipates problems, makes confident decisions, and involves the team in proactive, forward-looking solutions
  • Delegates strategically based on strengths; empowers others to lead and take ownership of results