Secrets of smart business owners for an Epic Team building
There are many sad stories that we hear from teams about their poor team building. Here is a story I am sharing with you.
Sophia — a part of large project team — devoted her best efforts to her company. She always was dedicated to reporting her boss every day on time with all the tasks done. Sophia constantly provided brainstorming ideas, but was never appreciated by her boss for her work. She often complained of not having a work culture that made teams work together in a better way. She and her team were tired of having the same work schedule with no team building activities and no communication with other teams.
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Often, her boss gave vague statements about the team’s work and did not do anything to bring them work together. Because of all this mess, she and several others were always into the process of looking for a job change.
Now let me ask you a question — who would you blame for this behavior from the side of employees? Definitely, the management who did not participate in team building activities for their teams. So, if the employees are not happy how can a business grow? You need to understand that whatever is the size of your company, your business will be more productive only when your team is happy to work. Afterall, keeping employees engaged is one of the most important factors to fostering a happy, motivated, and productive workforce.
Why is team building important?
Team-building is a part of a psychological discipline that will benefit the team as a whole. When the teams collaborate, they will enjoy the interaction and work together to create a bond. It will motivate them and ensure that they are at their most productive stage.
Don’t forget that the most important asset of your business is the employees. You will need to keep your team’s happy by providing them a positive working environment. And, team building activities are a great way to bring a positive impact on office culture. Apart from team building activities, there are many other factors that are required for building an epic team. You will be amazed by the results from inculcating the following secrets in your workplace for team building.
Communication is the team’s lifeblood
In an organization, people often work with different teams and across various activities. The cycle of communication between teams and within the team should always be healthy and everyone should be a part of it. It is the trait of a successful team when the team’s members are into healthy communication. Somone can also be made responsible for keeping a check on if all members are receiving regular communication regarding roles and status. It will help in learning things faster and you will see a helping hand always during the need. Everyone should be aware of any failures or challenges. Speak up with your team about any risks involved.
Hiring the right talent
At ProofHub, we are lucky to be surrounded by a fun-loving team and talented groups of problem solvers. Thanks to our management who follows an effective process of hiring. The hiring process may seem to be always daunting as business owners are always on the hunt for new talent. During the process of hiring, your company’s culture, mission, and values play a key role in the process of hiring. As a hiring manager, it becomes important to have team building strategies to make sure an effective hiring process is followed that will bring in qualified candidates. While hiring, the following strategies will attract top talent in the organizations -
- Hire the person, not the resume
- Continuously cultivate a pipeline of talent
- Create a balanced team
- Develop meaningful relationships
Try to find the best employees who can help your company to grow.
Let them work like ‘Nobody’s watching’
Make your employees comfortable, make them feel that they can give their views, comments and be a part of the conversation without being judged on what they say. Let them take risks every day. Let them discover something new every day like nobody’s watching them.
You can reward them for the risks they take so that it motivates them to try new things and come out with brilliant results someday. Just think of them like children dancing around so freely and joyfully just like nobody’s watching them. Encourage participation from all level and create a safe network environment for teams to work together.
No hierarchical structure
In a traditional working structure, it is natural to think of hierarchy. When working in an organization there are several things that needs to considered like multitasking, versatile system and taking on multiple roles. There are many invisible hierarchies that may come up within the teams:
Skill set hierarchy: The motive of teams of every discipline, background, degrees, and schools should be to bring everyone in the core business and train them to understand their work completely. It should break the notions about who is superior and who is not.
Demographic hierarchy: There should be some hiring rules to avoid problems that will come from demography based discrimination like age and gender as the company grows.
Social hierarchy: The team having various personalities should always have people who participate in social activities. If there are some people who are not comfortable talking in larger groups, pair them up in a small group so they discover their strengths.
Therefore, to ensure effective team building, there should be an alternative to these hierarchy structures and it needs to be eliminated from the teams.
Whatever you do should create an impact on your organization. These factors are important to keep everyone feels that they are an important part of a team and will bring teams together. Create connection and appreciate their work. It will make a difference.
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