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Why The Emphasis on Teams?
| Guest post by: Tammy Kohl |
Article Overview: Everyone in an organization plays an important role in its overall performance. It’s no longer enough to be good-you must be exceptional. The challenge is getting everyone in the organization committed and focused on achieving organizational success.
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Why The Emphasis on Teams?
Everyone
in an organization plays an important role in its overall performance. It’s no
longer enough to be good—you must be exceptional. It is no longer enough to
have satisfied customers, you must seek to develop a loyal and delighted
customer base. It’s no longer enough to “maintain.” You must be aggressive,
responsive, and quick. The challenge is getting everyone in the organization
committed and focused on achieving organizational success.
To solve
complex problems and sustain a competitive edge in a rapidly changing
marketplace requires a broad mix of skills. It will require harnessing the
collective intelligence of everyone in the organization. A team of individuals
with highly specialized knowledge and diverse skills will provide you with
greater mind power and more innovation. It will also provide more effective,
implementation of a solution or idea enhanced with a well-coordinated team.
John
Katzenbach author of The Wisdom of Teams
indicates, “It is also well recognized by those who study the issue, that teams
have been woefully under exploited in their ability to have a clear impact on
the performance of large organizations. This despite the growing recognition of
what teams have to offer.” Effective utilization of people through teams is a
viable business strategy and management tool that can help you capture the
knowledge of everyone in your organization.
Creating a
winning team begins with creating a culture in which people are encouraged to
challenge, to question, to try, and to innovate. Surround yourself with and
create teams of the best people the organization has to offer. Bring people
into a team as they are needed based upon their expertise or abilities.
Alignment
must also occur between the team’s activities and its outcomes. If continuous
improvement is to occur, teams need to focus on improving key business indicators.
Therefore, measurements must be developed and reviewed regularly by the
leadership teams to ensure progress. If teams get bogged down, it may be
necessary to review the goals to ensure understanding, to review the team
composition, or to provide refresher training on the use of team tools and
dynamics. Get everyone involved. Pass along ownership of processes and problems
to your employees that rightfully belong to them. Many executives spend far too
much time solving problems that could be handled by someone else.
Competency
is important when creating highly effective teams. The personal competencies
necessary for teamwork are technical and interpersonal skills, possibility
attitudes, and the desire and ability to achieve goals. Technical competency is
a thorough understanding of how to do the job and the skills required to
fulfill the job requirements. Interpersonal skills are those skills required to
successfully interact with others. Possibility attitudes include confidence and
a belief in one’s ability to positively influence outcomes. Each individual
team member must bring high levels of personal and technical competencies,
which will contribute to the overall team competence. This means that every
individual has a personal responsibility to make a positive contribution to
overall team performance. Every team member knows their job, but they
collectively have the attitude that each person on that team will do whatever
it takes to get the job done.
Team
building for high achievement depends on individual abilities in constructing
relationships. The ability to collaborate, to be flexible, to share
responsibility, and to establish and commit to achieving goals are important
personal skills. Persistence and tenacity are contagious in team pursuits and are
personal qualities that must be developed.
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Article Tags: alignment, creating winning teams, John Katzenbach, results, team building, teams, The Wisdom of Teams
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About the Author: Tammy Kohl RSS for Tammy's articles - Visit Tammy's website www.resourceassociatescorp.com www.theinstituteforsustainability.com 800-762-6227 Tammy Kohl, President of Resource Associates Corporation, has been with the corporation since 1986. During that time she has held a series of increasingly responsible positions until her appointment in January 2002 to the position of President. Tammy's experience in working with personal clients and RAC affiliates has given her practical and extensive experience in the areas of creating customer value, comprehensive knowledge of RAC and TQI processes, and generating results on both the personal and organizational level. This knowledge and experience is invaluable in establishing the future course of Resource Associates Corporation on a national and international level. As part of her duties as Executive Vice President she was responsible for managing the production, customer service and affiliate support areas of the corporation. This knowledge and understanding of running operations gives her an in depth and well rounded working knowledge of how to run a successful business. In addition to her business sustainability, management and people skills she is proficient in setting strategic directions and accomplishing them. Tammy holds a degree in Business Administration. She is the founder of The Institute for Sustainability, an instructor for Achievement Seminars International and heads the RAC Executive Committee. Click here to visit Tammy's website   Goal Setting for Students The Power of Critical Thinking Decisions and Motivations Building a Sustainable Organization Through Your People The Opportunities of Sustainability |
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