Development your Team

Development your Team

Introduction

Having been promoted to a management position, it is of paramount importance to have a management team that will help with the sharing of leadership responsibilities. Nonetheless, not every employee qualifies to be part of the management team. Thus, just a few employees with the essential leadership qualities will make up the team. Seemingly, it does not quite matter if they share varying strengths because all that is of importance is that their strengths complement each other.  As a group comprising of different people, it is essential that communication is maintained, they know each other and that they are well aware of their roles and responsibilities because this would help shape their behaviors positively. With the aim of ensuring employees align with the company’s mission, effective communication and training can be incorporated since they are quite effective in ensuring organization goals are accomplished.

How to create a diverse team with different strengths

The team is made up different individuals with profound strengths, yet some of them differ to some extent. Of all the five team members, it seems that they are all substantially committed to their job. Often, they do not mind working overtime voluntarily when the need arises, and they rarely waste their time while at work. They take the goals of the organization as their personal responsibilities. Notably, two of them are usually extremely cautious before making business decisions, whereas the other three are high-risk takers. Seemingly, the difference in regards to risk-taking acts is quite good since this provides a balance in the team. The low risk takers will be pushed out of their comfort zones while the high risk takers will always be reminded of the need to substantially think of the factors involved before making major decisions regarding the business. Other than the above mentioned traits, the team members are respectful, trustworthy, creative, and disciplined. They are all creators whose honesty and commitment makes them reliable and dedicated to work with minimal supervision.

Interestingly, some employees are aware of their strengths whereas others are not. As a result of this aspect, it is quite notable that those are aware of their qualities tend to act differently from those that do know themselves. In agreement with Bakker and Woerkom, individuals aware of their strengths tend to leverage them and this makes them significantly productive in their places of (40). Furthermore, knowing one’s strengths fosters self-efficacy which is essential in fostering employee performance in the place of work. Just as Bakker and Woerkom depicts, it is possible for empowered employees to not be fully aware of their strengths and this puts them at a disadvantage of not performing at their best while at work (41). Being unaware of their strengths puts them in a position where they cannot be able to apply them in their jobs. On the contrary,

Methods to improve team dynamics and employee behaviors

For the primary purpose of ensuring a positive relation exists between the members of the team, it is paramount to embrace several methods that will help with the enhancement of team dynamics as well as employee behaviors. One of the methods should be to ensure that as a manager, one knows the team quite well and also that the team members know each other. Understanding the talents, abilities and interests of the employees will help foster diversity and cohesion within the team. Another method would be defining of roles and responsibilities. According to Caramela, defining an employee’s obligations offers them clarity as it eradicates confusion among them. Hence, this is quite important because it helps boost employee performance as it prevents wastage of time. Communication is also a critical aspect that one as a manager should focus on because this makes it possible to execute the set organizational plans.  Through communication, institutional goals are usually known to employees. Thus, workers tend to have a common goal towards which they are all working to  attain. Enhancing the team dynamics and the behaviors of employees is vital since this will greatly boost organizational productivity.

Two management techniques aligned to company’s mission

The mission of the company is to create healthy products for the company using sustainable technology without causing harm to the community and its employees. Based on the company’s mission, it is entirely apparent that the company is not only interested in generating profits but also in the wellbeing of members of the society and its workforce as well. In this case, it is essential for the employees to substantially understand that they are part of this crucial dimension of the company to accomplish. One of the management techniques that can thereby be incorporated is effective communication. Sharing the firm’s mission with staffs enables them to attain a desired direction that makes it significantly possible for the organization to accomplish its overall goal (Cato and Gordon 4).  Another essential technique the management can incorporate is training of employees. Equipping employees with the necessary skills they require to execute the set targets boosts their confidence levels and also tends to make them substantially competent. Training is paramount as it enables workers do their job effectively and efficiently.

Conclusion

In brief, training and effective communication in an organization of substantial significance in an organization since this helps with a company’s mission is continually observed. Nonetheless, in a business, much is required especially because the nature of a company involves interactions of different people. Thus, it is usually essential to ensure employees know each other quite well and that they are significantly aware of their duties. Effective communication alongside knowing one another eliminates confusion most of the times. As a manager in in need of a reliable management team, it is essential to make certain that they are different and with strengths that complement that of the other.