Every corporate office dreams of the day they will have the best team, the dream team. Employees also look for and hope to find the office dream team that’s perfect for them. Most companies strive to build the best workforce possible, but that’s not always how it happens. What is the difference between those who develop their dream team and those who struggle to build one? For those who are successful, they know what needs to be done, and they push through until they receive their desired results. For the unsuccessful companies, it typically comes down to knowing what they need to do. However, they aren’t willing to put in the time, effort, or resources to make the dream team a reality.
Just like building a home, you need to know how to build to be successful at building. To help you learn this skill, below is a list of seven tips for building your dream team.
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Leadership
Whether you are born with natural leadership skills or learn leadership skills through education or experience, it’s difficult to have an amazing team without an effective leader. Human nature is designed with the desire to follow others and adopt their belief system, and leadership in a company is no different. Typically, if you don’t have a good leader or someone who fails to grow into a leadership role, someone on the team will naturally step forward. However, in the event that no one steps forward to lead the others, then you will have a group of people trying to figure things out by doing what they think is right and acceptable. In order to develop harmony and good workflow, a leader must be in place to ensure everyone is working toward the same goal using the same guidelines.
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Dedicated Employees
Hiring quality team members is a vital step to creating and developing a dream team. Most importantly, investing in your team members will continue to help them become successful. Motivation and support from leadership will help other team members feel like a valued member of the team and will help them grow and improve. Keep in mind, the team that you choose and develop can either make or break your business. So, make wise decisions in your hiring process and take the time to find the quality candidates you want for your team.
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Office Culture
Once you have your team members in place, it’s time to develop the culture within the team to help everyone grow. Culture can either give energy to your employees or it can drain the energy and desire to succeed from otherwise good employees. Culture is developed from the leadership role down. It is a living, growing thing that needs attention, maintenance, and even nourishment. When you notice a change in the culture such as gossip or drama, it’s important to research the cause of the change and handle the situation immediately before it causes additional damage to the team or organization.
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Find Your “Why”
One of the biggest questions you need to answer and define is, “WHY are we in business?” When you find the answer to that question and communicate it to your team, it will help the team members make decisions that are in line with the company’s direction and values. Your team members should be able to identify with your why and help support it.
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Attitude
Work can be stressful sometimes. Clients are calling, bookkeeping needs to be completed, a project deadline is quickly approaching, or you have several meetings in the day. These are all things that can lead to a stressful office environment and create undesired tension and attitudes to develop. To counter these inevitable situations, address the situation as quickly as possible. Take a moment to acknowledge the tension, talk about the situation, and then offer a solution to the problem, so there is a lower chance of tension rising if the situation comes up again.
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Goals and Games
When your team knows the overall goal of the business, they will work harder and become more unified in their efforts to reach the goal. However, individual team members also need a goal to work towards. When you set up individual goals, you help the team member know where they stand, such as if they are improving or not and need additional training or instruction. People often respond well to games. Games provide healthy competition toward an end goal and can often motivate underperforming employees. No matter the size or type of game, it can move the organization toward the goal of the business and help create a positive culture as well.
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Remember Your Purpose
When creating your dream team, it’s important for each team member to recognize the importance of the clients or customers that are in contact with your business from day-to-day. No matter how stressful the day becomes, the craziness of the schedule, or how much work still needs to be completed immediately for a big project, it’s critical for your team to remember that the client or customer always comes first. Once you have the above elements in place, you will have a dream team and an organization that will grow and flourish.
If you find the advice in this article helpful but are unsure how to implement it, Bryant Consultants can help. Our services can help you realize your vision, establish goals, and set processes in place to evolve your business. Contact us by calling (877) 768-4799.
We provide consultation, training, and coaching to help improve the operations of your business so that you can provide exceptional results to your clients. No office is out of reach for us; we will even come to you!
