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What are the key differences between a supervisor and a team leader? What roles distinguish them?

As roles and responsibilities tend to clash and looking similar in a place of work, how do you think individuals can distinguish between what role is meant for them? Sometimes individuals shy away from their responsibilities while in some instances they clash over who is suppose to do what.

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Question added by Muhammad Awwal Jibril , English Language Teacher , Poliglota
Date Posted: 2015/10/31
Guru Rath
by Guru Rath , General Manager Technology , Quatrro

Supervisor is a person who does not  have the in depth knowledge on the topic. A team leader is a person who have hands on experience on which the team is working. Supervisor always looks at the quantity of work but a leader looks at the quality of the work.

Dipanker Koley
by Dipanker Koley , Asst General Manager , Future Group

A Supervisor is a person who mechanically assesses and pushes the progress of the tasks. So, a supervisor is a management representative to the lower level employees. But a Team Leader is the team's own leader who is entitled to guide the team to success. A supervisor does not work hand-in-hand to bring brotherly environment in work unlike the Team Leader. A Team Leader can be the friend-philosopher-guide to his/her team mates.

Naomi Maree Micallef
by Naomi Maree Micallef , Account Manager , Provided on request

Team leaders sometimes serve as intermediaries between other staff members and organizational supervisors. They play the role of both co-worker and supervisor by sometimes wearing both hats in their daily work. Team leaders can serve as mentors or trainers within an organization without necessarily having to take on a supervisory role.

 

Supervisors can be leaders within an organization, but leaders do not necessarily have to be supervisors. Supervisors generally carry out administrative and technical tasks that are job-specific and require a certain amount of expertise in a specific field acquired through education or experience. Supervisors oversee the work of others and ensure that the work is completed on time and in the manner that it was supposed to be completed in the first place.

SHAHEEN khan
by SHAHEEN khan , Cro/Cso Cutomer Services Officer/Customer Relationships Officer , COMRADE SOFTWARE MARKETING LLC

In my opinion 

Supervisor complete technical and administrative tasks.he is responsible for material, member health, work have to complete  on deadline,

Leader provide direction to team member and doing management work.

Tabrez Ahmed
by Tabrez Ahmed , Team leader sales and Business Development , Navriti technologies Pvt Ltd

Supervisory Tasks

The role of a supervisor within an organization can differ significantly from a leader. Supervisors can be leaders within an organization, but leaders do not necessarily have to be supervisors. Supervisors generally carry out administrative and technical tasks that are job-specific and require a certain amount of expertise in a specific field acquired through education or experience. Supervisors oversee the work of others and ensure that the work is completed on time and in the manner that it was supposed to be completed in the first place.

Leadership

Although supervisors can be leaders within an organization, leaders are not necessarily assigned a position as a "leader" per se. In some organizations, there are positions for "team leaders" or "shift leaders," but these are essentially supervisory roles that may require many of the same administrative tasks as those performed by supervisors. Someone recognized as a leader within an organization generally exhibits leadership qualities and is someone other workers generally gravitate toward and naturally follow. For that reason, they may be assigned supervisory roles within the organization, but this is not always the case.

Steven Ashford
by Steven Ashford , Service/Facility Manager , National Tank Services - Trimac

A Team Leader is a "hands on" position working closely with his/her peers providing day to day guidance in the work place.  A Supervisor role is that of Management with a higher level of responsibility and pay grade.  

Marwan Hindi
by Marwan Hindi , Senior Manager of Operations , Fresenius Medical Care

a supervisor is someone who follows up on tasks and acts as a monitor and points out mistakes from a far whereas a team leader is someone who does this tasks with him team members to show them the best way it is done and is involved in every step of their work

Amany Mostafa
by Amany Mostafa , مدرسة مديرة , وزارة التربية و التعليم المصرية

 

Supervisor is a person who does not  have the in depth knowledge on the topic. A team leader is a person who have hands on experience on which the team is working

Muhammad Yasir
by Muhammad Yasir , Auditor , A&M Al Ansari Auditing

A supervisor accomplishes work via technical and administrative direction of others. Supervisors are responsible for planning and scheduling work, assigning work, assuring requirements are met, adjusting staffing levels, appraising performance and recommending performance standards and ratings

Team leaders ensure the strategic plan, mission vision and values are communicated to the team and are integrated in its goals, objectives and work. Coach the team in picking and applying problem-solving methods and techniques, and advise members on work method

Khalid Masood
by Khalid Masood , Commanding Officer, Infantry Unit , Pakistan Army

A supervisor has to oversee a particular work or job,whereas a team leader has to oversee number of supervisors & assigns them numerous tasks.

amir sohail
by amir sohail , Civil Project Engineer , Federal Government Employees Housing Authority,Islamabad

supervisor just supervise the specific work of any project/..but the team leader supervise the work of supervisor and of the other staff as well and other thing team leader is responsible for the communication nd management for thier staff as well

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