Building a United Team
A successful business operates best when employees work together with a team mentality, each member fulfilling a necessary role and achieving the business’s long-term goals. Here are our 5 top tips to make the team as strong as it can possibly be:
1. Focus on each roles
Ensure you have a thorough recruitment process for employing the team. Hiring someone just to have ‘bums on seats’ can end up being more harmful for the rest of the team. Investing time and money in people who truly specialise in the role as well as being the right fit for the business will be far more beneficial in the long run.
2. Value each role
With each team member bringing something different to the table, valuing each of their roles is essential. It is no secret that a sense of purpose helps each team member’s performance. If employees feel that their role is undervalued, it will become quite easy for them to check out mentally and often they will completely detach themselves from the rest of the team.
3. Communicate
The best way to demonstrate value between team members is through communication. Whenever possible, keep a level of transparency even if the information does not directly relate to every team member. An open line of communication helps team members share and create a more productive way of working – having a weekly work in progress meeting can often bring great new ideas to the surface. Asking the team for feedback and opinions will help them to stay engaged and work closer together. When team members take the time to form an opinion, they are more interested to know that their thoughts are being considered. This gives employees a sense of ownership about their work, and therefore leads to better performance.
4. Set goals
Short and long-term goals should underpin every task the team set out to complete each day. Being enthusiastic about the outcome and motivating each other will give team members a sense of working towards the bigger picture. Goals need to be realistic; and having milestones and deadlines can give team members opportunities to help each other out and strive for success.
5. Celebrate successes
Celebrating successes also brings the team together and allows everyone to see that when they work together, great things can happen! When a team member does a great job, praise them so that every effort is seen and appreciated. In contrast never turn a discussion into a blame game – this will only deflate the team. Instead, give the team equal responsibility to pull together and figure out how the situation can be avoided moving forward. A monthly offsite gathering will give team members a chance to get to know each other on a more personal level and will boost morale.