How to Build A Strong Team — 6 Steps to Build A Strong Core Team
Every year infinite number of businesses are launched and the unfortunate truth is 90% of them gets failed. There are many factors for the business failure and one of them is not having a strong team.
Building a strong team is a craft and most successful entrepreneurs understand this so well, Steve Jobs said that the one thing he would like to do in apple is the hiring process:
1- Hire on Passion & Right Energy : While hiring focus on energy and passion of a candidate. Strong team is made up of strong players working of common vision and mission with high energy levels and passion. See the strong team in world cup 2019, strong team in IPL, etc. all has one thing in common passion and energy.
2- Values & Integrity: Each and every employee must seek themselves a brand ambassador of their organization. They must have high values and Integrity in their persona, they must embrace the beauty of togetherness and right moral conduct in order to build a strong team.
3- Roles & Culture Fit: Each of your team member’s responsibilities must be interconnected and dependent upon one another. This is not unlike team sports, where some players are known as “system players” — meaning that, although they may not be the most talented person on the team, they know how to work best within the “system.” This is why you must have a keen eye for talent that can evaluate people not only on their ability to play a particular role — but even more so on whether they fit the workplace culture (the system) and will be a team player.
4-Vision & Mission Alignment: Name any strong team the most basic and fundamental but yet most underrated thing is the alignment of your team with the vision & mission of an organization. Are they living this every day? Are they putting their life on it? Are they focus enough? Strong team in IPL or Strong Team in World cup 2019 you will see how each player will put their 100% to win the game till the last minute to make their team proud, country proud and the fans.
5- Communication & Goals: Share your expectation with the team and try to communicate them directly for any information, update and news. The transparent communication between the management and the team is the key to make a strong and successful team. Speak your team about the goals of the company and expectation from the team so they fell connected and focus on to make organization prosperous & successful.
6- Celebrate successes and failures: Celebrating your successes and milestones also brings your team together and allows everyone to see that when they work together, great things can happen. If someone does a great job at something, give them a shout out in front of the rest of the team so that every effort is seen and appreciated. This also helps each person to feel visible and that what they’re doing has an impact. In contrast, if your team fails at something, come together to redirect your efforts or turn it into something positive. Don’t throw anyone under the bus or turn a damage-control discussion into a blame game. This never helps anybody. Instead, give your team equal responsibility to put your heads together and figure out the next steps or pivots.
These are the some fundamental steps to build a strong team and easily applicable in all the businesses. All the strong teams in world take care of their team members so well that they never leave them, they invest in their growth, training and progress in order to be a successful organization.
