A newly appointed team leader must start to work effectively and to bring results to the company as soon as possible. When you're leading people, there also comes the responsibility of getting to know the way the team works as soon as possible and to make sure that work is effective in the shortest possible amount of time. Whether this is your first promotion to a management position or you're switching to a different team, you should be interested in the following general scheme of phases a new manager goes through for effective leadership.