How to Build an Office Team
Help wanted: professional, flexible, dynamic, \r well-organized, accurate, self-starter, independent\r thinker, upbeat, energetic, multi-tasked, experienced\r team player.
A lot to ask of any individual, especially one who has\r not played on any team since softball in the third grade!
Many businesses request a team player without knowing\r what that actually means. Being on a team means being\r inter- dependent in a relationship, being able to \r trust others.
First, one must be independent. If you cannot function \r well on your own, an office team can turn into an \r outlet for all your personality flaws. An independent\r person knows what makes him or her tick, whats\r important in their lives.
These values can then be brought to any team and \r become part of the contributing process. People who\r cant be managed or trust others will have a hard time\r being effective on any team.\r A team needs a reason to get together; a project or \r specific plan that requires results. The Team also\r requires that the owner/manager/supervisor is willing\r to support the teams success.
Teams are not magic bullets, so here are a few \r suggestions.
How do you put a team together?
The owner/manager of the business must be aware of \r how teams work. The team is accountable to each other,\r not the owner. The owner chooses the team leader. \r Teams require guidelines and need values of its own.\r Commitment, contribution, communication and \r cooperation are the four values or cornerstones of the\r foundation of any capable team or business.
1. Commitment. If one is not committed to the plan and\r the team, nothing will work. Until there is commitment\r there is nothing. Being committed means being charged\r with a responsibility for a particular result. In this\r time of quicker and faster, not many take the time to\r do whatever it takes to get the job done.
What being on a team truly implies is giving up your\r ideals for something greater than yourself.
2. Contribution. Differences are what make a team \r exciting. Not everyone on the team needs to be alike.\r I look at a team as a microcosm of the world. The team\r is your community if you were sliced off the end of \r the earth. You must trust and be accountable to each\r other, not the owner.
The owner or manager may lead the team, but allows\r the individuals on the team to blossom and grow. No\r throwing cold water over anything new or different!\r Teams can be about change and that is their greatest\r strength. Various people on teams bring \r an abundance of creativity - a total windfall!
3. Communication. At the beginning of any meeting, \r everyone should be heard briefly, without \r interruption. This is an opportunity to settle in, to\r connect before the real work starts. Continue the \r process with everyone offering information about them, \r including that sense of humor sometimes missing in the\r workplace. Teams can be enjoyable and fun, but no one\r will know that unless team members relax and \r lighten up.
4. Cooperation. Pool all the resources and ideas of \r each individual while putting aside personal goals for\r the objective of the team. The significance of \r cooperation is to work together in relationship and\r that requires patience. A reminder: everyone on the\r team is an equal, without a boss.
A word of caution. Not everyone is a team player.\r People who are loners need just that, to work alone.\r As long as they can create results on their own, let\r them. People on a team have to want to be there. No\r one wants a person on a team that does not want to be\r there; they just stall any progress.
Set your plan in motion and have fun!
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