Archived How To Become a Team Lead

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Not sure about the policy, but I'm sure they wouldn't like it very much. That kind of attitude tends to lower everyone's morale. Also, they don't like profanity in the workplace.
 
fairplay said:
That advice I can work with! (I know my core roles backwards and forwards). Out of curiosity, though, is it prohibited in any way by company policy for my team lead to berate the company to me by saying Target doesn't give a f--- about me, target doesn't give a f--- about whether I do a good job, Target doesn't give a f--- about whether I work hard or not, and Target doesn't give a f--- about whether I want to advance in the company, that if they can find someone who will do my job cheaper, then they will (regardless of whether I am a strong performer)?
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What's wrong with you?
 
Unhappy tl. Don't let them or politics stop you It is suggested to follow bp, gs, & tasks assigned. Cool thing is you will be is that you will be, done guy or I can help you on that! Knock'in flat!
 
Find a Tl in the building to developed you I'm developing someone outside of my work center because her Tl's wouldn't dot get discouraged it takes a long time depending on the stores situation. My stl likes to keep his strong leaders in the store People get pushed through fast when there's an opening but sit forever when theres not one.

Being a Tl isn't all bad it can be fun a job is what you make of it try your hardest think on your feet and keep your attitude positive and you'll go far in target and life.
 
Stuckinsoftlines said:
Find a Tl in the building to developed you I'm developing someone outside of my work center because her Tl's wouldn't dot get discouraged it takes a long time depending on the stores situation. My stl likes to keep his strong leaders in the store People get pushed through fast when there's an opening but sit forever when theres not one.

Being a Tl isn't all bad it can be fun a job is what you make of it try your hardest think on your feet and keep your attitude positive and you'll go far in target and life.
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Also, there maybe another option. At my store, we have a few seasoned tm/trainers who can Help you with non-paperwork side of spot, mostly salesfloor stuff like planners, PDA's, guests & signing.
 
EvanM07 said:
How does one go about becoming a Team Lead at Targé?

Any info would be helpful!!!
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Judging by your "Expect Less, Pay More" header and your "Target Sucks" avatar, you first should probably lose that attitude. Your peers pick up on it, and if they pick up on it, your chances are slim with your superiors.
 
Stuckinsoftlines said:
Find a Tl in the building to developed you I'm developing someone outside of my work center because her Tl's wouldn't dot get discouraged it takes a long time depending on the stores situation. My stl likes to keep his strong leaders in the store People get pushed through fast when there's an opening but sit forever when theres not one.

Being a Tl isn't all bad it can be fun a job is what you make of it try your hardest think on your feet and keep your attitude positive and you'll go far in target and life.
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Exactly!
 
Although I don't think everyone should need a college education to become a TL, I think it may be step in the right direction.

Target obviously wants etls with college degrees. Why not make these green college grads earn their etl position by learning the salesfloor operations for a year before they can become etls?

My biggest gripe with ALL the young etls I have seen come and go over the past 10 years is they have no clue of what it takes to Physically run a store. Most of the TL in my store run their butts off trying to keep up with all the responsibilities they have while the etls have coffee meetings all day and walk around in pairs with clipboards in their arms checking off things on myriad of various lists. They have very little interaction with the team like TLs do.
 
TargetOldTimer said:
Although I don't think everyone should need a college education to become a TL, I think it may be step in the right direction.

Target obviously wants etls with college degrees. Why not make these green college grads earn their etl position by learning the salesfloor operations for a year before they can become etls?

My biggest gripe with ALL the young etls I have seen come and go over the past 10 years is they have no clue of what it takes to Physically run a store. Most of the TL in my store run their butts off trying to keep up with all the responsibilities they have while the etls have coffee meetings all day and walk around in pairs with clipboards in their arms checking off things on myriad of various lists. They have very little interaction with the team like TLs do.
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Unfortunately, I think it would be pretty tough to get college grads to agree to work for $15/hour. Even if there was a promise of moving into an ETL position with higher pay later on.
 
Probably, but most of the ones we have now realize that they are only making $15 an hour once they figured out how much they would be making if they worked 12 hour days and got OT.....

In the last 6 years, we have only had 1 that lasted more than a year before going on "leave".
 
TargetOldTimer said:
Probably, but most of the ones we have now realize that they are only making $15 an hour once they figured out how much they would be making if they worked 12 hour days and got OT.....

In the last 6 years, we have only had 1 that lasted more than a year before going on "leave".
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Good point. 56 hours/per week would be $50,000/year if there's OT pay.
 
Wow, that HR that said you need a degree to be TL bold faced lied. While it is recommended, it is not neccessary, only real requirement is HS Diploma. Now ETL is another story...
 
TargetOldTimer said:
Although I don't think everyone should need a college education to become a TL, I think it may be step in the right direction.

Target obviously wants etls with college degrees. Why not make these green college grads earn their etl position by learning the salesfloor operations for a year before they can become etls?

My biggest gripe with ALL the young etls I have seen come and go over the past 10 years is they have no clue of what it takes to Physically run a store. Most of the TL in my store run their butts off trying to keep up with all the responsibilities they have while the etls have coffee meetings all day and walk around in pairs with clipboards in their arms checking off things on myriad of various lists. They have very little interaction with the team like TLs do.
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Lol..... I think you need to realize that TL is not *that* big of a deal. I know, I was one for years.

What did I do differently from a TM? Not much. I still zoned, worked stray, etc.

IMO, the main difference between a TL and TM is accountability..... not "authority".

What do I mean for that? TLs own departments. That means you are accountable if anything goes wrong. For example, lets say I was on vacation for a week. While I was gone, toys goes completely to ****. I had nothing to do with it - I was off. Think that matters? Nope. The second I clock in, an ETL would be on my ass about it.... and if I didn't fix whatever the issues were, even if I had nothing to do with causing them, my ass was getting written up.

Now, if you are a TM, does that happen? Hell no. TMs are accountable for nothing unless *they directly cause* the problem. If you walk in the door as a TM, is an ETL going to be on your ass about domestics when you haven't worked in domestics for a whole week? Absolutely not.

That - IMO - is the key difference between a TM and a TL. TL's are forced to worry about specific parts of the store no matter what. There is basically no excuse. If your department has issues, your ass is on the line even if you had nothing to do with causing the problems. As a TM, you basically are accountable for nothing that you didn't cause to be wrong in the first place.

As far as authority goes? TLs have a few token "powers". Yea, we could tell TMs to go work on a task.... but honestly, that was about it. Everything else we had to partner with an ETL with when it came to "authority" for the most part.

IMO - this definitely does not warrant requiring a 4 year degree for TLs. That is a complete joke. Now, if Target gave TLs actual authority - like, for example, the ability to terminate a TMs employment - then *that* would warrant needing a degree. Why? Because a TL that screws up (i.e. fires someone with a racial reason) is risking the entire business. Obviously, you want someone educated who likely is going to know better than doing something stupid like that. As it stands right now, TLs are really not in a position to do much damage to the company as a whole.

Also - no one with a 4 year degree is going to work for the pay/benefits a TL has. Absolutely no one.
 
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