Transitioning to Team Leader: How Should I Address Potential Challenges in My Interview?

I have applied for the position of team leader (operations) in the team where I am currently working. If I am asked about the challenges I foresee when transitioning into this new role within the same team and how I plan to resolve them during the interview, what would be the best way to answer this question?

Sticking to my normal trait of asking questions rather than answering them, let me ask you some. How large is the team that you are presently working with, and can you kindly tell us what differences you find in the work that you do and what your team leader does? If you can articulate the extra challenges that your team leader faces compared to what you do, you will have answered your own question.

Thank you, Nashbramhall. I am currently a team member (I didn't specify this in my earlier query). Sorry. We are currently a team of 12-15 members. Typically, team members process customer requests, and they have targets to meet. I worked in the team for a couple of years, as did others. The team leader is the one who is involved in assigning the work, gauging team members' performance, answering to stakeholders/business area about team performance, tracking targets, preparing reports, providing guidance, ensuring any internal conflicts are resolved, and so on.

Challenges as a Team Leader

Therefore, if I am the team leader, what challenges am I likely to face for the same team, and how should I overcome them? I am looking for some tips to answer the question if asked in an interview. I am looking for how best I can frame the answer.

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Therefore, if I am a Team Leader, what challenges might I face from the team? Will they accept me as their Team Leader? If not, how are you going to resolve that issue? Besides, what other challenges do you see?

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Challenges of Transitioning to a Team Leader Role

Kindly answer my question: Did you not have a team leader until now? If you had one, was he promoted from within? There is always a problem when a member is promoted from a team if other members have also applied to become a team leader.

In a college setting, when one of the senior colleagues was promoted, people with more experience felt aggrieved for a while, and then the dust settled down. As a Team Leader, you will not be able to socialize the way you do now as a team member. People may construe your socializing as favoring some members. You need to be seen as impartial, fair, and just in your dealings with team members and in sorting out any conflicts.

Have you noticed how your Team Leader performed those activities? Please also see discussions at https://www.bayt.com/en/specialties/...e-be-overcome/