The way a team leader employs the relative positions (8)

'relative positions' is the definition.
'statuses' can be an answer for 'positions' ('status' can be a synonym of 'position'). I am unsure of the 'relative' bit.

'the way a team leader employs' is the wordplay.
'the way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'a team leader' becomes 'at' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'employs' becomes 'uses' ('use' can be a synonym of 'employ').
'st'+'at'+'uses'='STATUSES'

'the' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?