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Keeping Teams Together

"Teams are composed of many individuals with different roles in life and the workplace. But, once they join together they are a team of equal status each with a voice and various talents to contribute to the shared vision."

Synergy is a key factor in team building. Synergy can be destroyed if storms are not properly attended to. As part of a team, we all need to anticipate the next storm.

That being said, here are Five Guidelines to be Successful

• Understand the problem(s) - watch/listen

• Review and affirm commitments

• Encourage a healthy dialogue

• Balance tasks with process

• Empower your team to act

Also,

• Have a common, reasonable goal

• Encourage participation and involvement

• Problem solve

• Bring solutions to the meetings

• Work through conflicts

• Encourage descent, it prompts expression of ideas and feelings

• Allow people to disagree

Additionally,

• Acknowledge one another's strengths and weaknesses, consider them when defining tasks

• Acknowledge one another's successes and failures

• Add variety to your team, try having members from all levels of the company