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4 Killer Tips for Building Effective Teams
| Guest post by: Karen Donaldson |
Article Overview: People in every workplace talk about building the team, working as a team, and my team, but few understand how to create the experience of team work or how to develop an effective team. This article will help you do exactly that.
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4 Killer Tips for
Building Effective Teams
The word team
implies a group of people. But is that what you want, just a team?
Ideally we all want and want to be a part of an effective high performing team
and that does not happen without work.
Below are four
powerful tips to help you create an environment that supports a high
performance and effective team.
Tip
#1: Ensure that the team
leader/manager and every single team member have a full understanding of the
vision of the organization and how the team and them personally fit into
creating that vision/reaching that goal or objective
Don’t stop at
verbally sharing or handing out a written copy of the organizations
vision, goal. As a leader you need to 1) know the role of every team
member and 2) show them the importance of how what they do allows the
organization to reach their goal
Tip
#2: Show and tell employees that they are valued.
Tell them when a great job has been done. When a milestone has been
reached or there has been a team accomplishment call the team together and say
thank you. Properly placed praises can be as powerful in getting quality
results from employees as a large pay raise. Many people thrive on peer and
superior recognition just as much as on money.
Tip
#3: Provide clarity – each and every
team member should be clear on what is expected of them and the expected
outcomes of the job that they do as an individual and as a team.
Tip
#4: Involve the team
Involve the team in
setting priorities or brainstorming around new ideas. Ask team members if
they have unique talents, experiences, expertise. You can draw on
their skill sets to achieve tasks at a hand. Face it people love doing
things that they are good at and feel confident doing. Now isn’t this the
type of team player that you want.
Ideally it's all about getting started, so I challenge you to go beyond just reading this article and putting these tips to action
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