We have spoken on other occasions aboutthe importance of leadership and to highlight teamwork in an organization.
We now want to give you some tips to get your people to go from working in a group to working in a high-performance team. We show you the keys to teamwork.
Synergy
First of all, you must be clear about the synergy. This is a concept that goes beyond mathematics and even contradicts the mathematical logic in which 2 plus 2 would be 4 (however from a synergistic point of view, 2 plus 2 can be 8 or 10).
That is, the result is greater than the sum of the parts, it is exponential. This is what synergy consists of, you must ensure that your team cooperate in such a way that even if there are 5 or 6 people, their work is equivalent to that of 10 or 20.
Additionally, you should know that no team is formed because you constitute it, indicate it in a memo or put it in a directive. The most you have created with this is a group, for it to become a team and a high-performance team there must be a lot of work on your part.
Therefore, it is very important that you realize that the equipment You begin to build it from the moment you define it in your organization; teams do not occur spontaneously, they require a lot of work, meetings, collaboration and, above all, knowledge of the capabilities and personalities of those who make them up.
Teamwork
Thirdly, you should know that the teamwork is not an easier job; It is generally easier to work individually, without having to cooperate, collaborate, compromise or negotiate with other parties.
That's why when we say that teamwork is not an easy job, we are emphasizing that we have to put a lot of effort into it.attention to various points, such as: the division of roles, interchangeable leadership between group members, plans and methods and, above all, communication and interpersonal relationships.
All these points must be permanently observed by the leader and evaluated from time to time.
Cooperation
As we have noted before, teamwork does not make the job easier; However, what we can assure you is that it will give you Very good results or results beyond normal if you dedicate time and attention to turning a group of people into a team, where the main input is cooperation.
And it is precisely the cooperation the other important component to build a team; You must banish the habits of internal competition (which will always be corrosive to an organization) and gradually replace them by promoting cooperation within the team.
Emphasizing, rewarding, teaching about cooperation is very important since we normally have competition with others incorporated into organizations and even in education from an early age. In reality, the only competition allowed in the business world should be competition by our own standards.
Roles that a team should have
Finally, we must emphasize the proper division of roles that a team should have. The roles, that is, the tasks assigned to each person, must have several elements for this division of labor to effectively produce synergistic results and, when fueled by cooperation, achieve the formation of a team that gives the expected results.
In this perspective, the division of roles should be: (i) consensual, that is, that the others accept the other's roles and that each member accepts the role that is assigned to them; (ii) complementaryThat is, the roles of each one must complement the capabilities of the other in order to cover different areas of knowledge or experience among team members and help produce better results; (iii) known by each team member (there cannot be secret roles, roles that are not very explicit or that are not well defined, since that takes away clarity from the division of roles) ; (iv) complete, that is, it must be specified where they begin and where they end, since responsibilities that are not well defined and those that remain in the middle of two people are usually one of the causes of team failures: “I didn't know what was my turn.” Do it to me” is one of the frequent phrases when an error is discovered that can cause the failure of a business team.
Finally, we have said it before, but it is always necessary to reinforce it: Constantly review your leadership and focus your efforts on aligning the people who work with you, try to understand their objectives and ensure that the team members feel that they can achieve those personal objectives by being in the organization and in the tasks that have been assigned to them; To do this, you should always talk to your team members to know their degree of alignment.
Forward; use one of the best tools of competitiveness and competition: high-performance teams.
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