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3 Tips For Creating Productive Teams At Work
Written by: Ben NashArticle Overview: Team work is essential for effective business. No employee, not matter how talented they are, works in a bubble. The problem with teams, however, is that they are made up of individuals who sometimes have competing ideas and personalities. These differences, in one sense, can be valuable (i.e. during brainstorming or creative sessions), but they can also lead to conflict. So how can managers put together effective, productive teams and skip all the drama?
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3 Tips For Creating Productive Teams At Work
Team work is essential for effective business. No employee, not matter how talented they are, works in a bubble. The problem with teams, however, is that they are made up of individuals who sometimes have competing ideas and personalities. These differences, in one sense, can be valuable (i.e. during brainstorming or creative sessions), but they can also lead to conflict. So how can managers put together effective, productive teams and skip all the drama? Here are three tips for creating productive teams at work:
- Make sure there is a shared goal – make sure everyone on the team is in agreement with what they are trying to accomplish. This shared goal is important in helping team members make a commitment to see it through to the end. It is hard for people to be dedicated to a cause if they are unsure of what the cause actually is!
- Segment the end goal in to stages – in most cases, a goal will not be accomplished over night. Have the team break the project into several stages and work piecemeal to accomplish the larger goal. Achieving these smaller goals will act as a psychological “win” for the team and encourage them to complete the task at hand.
- Size matters – There are numerous theories out there about the number of employees needed for optimal performance on a team. Make sure that there are enough team members to carry the workload, but not too many that the group falls into discord (too many cooks in the kitchen). Somewhere between 5 and 9 people is a good rule of thumb.
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About the Author: Ben Nash RSS for Ben's articles - Visit Ben's website  Ben Nash is the editor-in-chief of DailyHRTips.com. He is the founder and chief developer of the blog, providing tech/design support as well as tips and book reviews. Ben has held many interesting jobs in his professional career, including: barista, landscaper, public policy intern, barista (again), professional horse wrangler, ski lift attendant (aka "liftie"), political science teaching assistant, marketing and sales assistant, and an ecommerce/web developer. He also doubles as the Creative Director at Aspen Organization Development Consulting. Ben has interacted with many people, in many different organizations and offers some interesting insight on the human resources game. You can read his blog at http://www.DailyHRTips.com and visit his website at http://www.AspenOD.com. Click here to visit Ben's website   Career Development and Playing the Banjo Rethinking Cognitive Skills Testing for New Hires and Promotions Turning a Cinderella Training Course Into a thing of Beauty The Brain That Changes Itself 3 Tips for Being The Best Boss You Can Be |
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Tips for managers to handle employees more effectively?
Tips on how to deal with difficult customers?
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The only three I have in mind right now, but will try to come up with something else.
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Re: Can you outsource your product launch?
- Yes that what I am talking about. Creating a buzz for your online product launch basically. Is this part of what you do?
How to you re-fresh yourself?
- Productive time improvement is about increasing the time that you, your staff or your organisation has available for front-line service delivery; and making sure that time is being used to best effect - "working smarter" by:
- doing the right things - (eliminate unnecessary work)
- the right way - (use standard, streamlined processes)
- with the right people - (right skills, availability, location)
- using the right tools and equipment.
But we all will agree that somewhere we don't follow these and give ourselves a break.
When I give myself a break, I
a. play online games
b. chat on Internet
c. Listen to some soft music
What you do when you are not "working smarter"?
Re: Social Media & Digg, Google, MySpace, and YouTube
- Hi Kathy,
What I meant about it being worth it was in the sense that I described. Creating multiple accounts for various sites and posting and ranking your own stuff. It's very time consuming to say the least. I'm just wondering if there's anyone out there that has done this and thinks it's beneficial.
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