By China office of iCVCC
In the industry, occupation and post division of labor is clear, the ability requirements are increasingly refined today, it is very difficult to succeed by going it alone, personal ability always has one or another defects, only in the team, personal defects can be remedied and avoided. A Team is a community composed of managers and members, which makes reasonable use of each member's knowledge and skills to work together to solve problems and achieve common goals.
A team is defined as a small group of people who know each other, interact with each other, see themselves as a unit, and have an integrated effect on the completion of work tasks. More and more companies and nonprofits are promoting teamwork, not because the word "team" is trendy, but because there are real benefits to working as a team. For most companies and organizations, while a lot of work is done as a team, in practice it is pseudo-teams at best, because the leaders of these organizations have no idea what a team is, and they talk about their team. So what exactly is a team?
Bill Gates said, "If you take away the top 20 people in our company, Microsoft will become an insignificant company." People are not omnipotent, they have many defects. Many things cannot be done alone, which requires asking for help and cooperating with others to achieve your goals. It can be said that a team is a resource and platform that can make up for your shortcomings, get you out of trouble, achieve your goals, and enable you to succeed.
A team is a collaborative unit of people working together towards a common goal. Therefore, each team should have five components, referred to as the 5P, as shown in the following table:
Purpose | The team should have a set goal, for the team members to navigate, know where to go, no goal, the team has no value of existence, there is no direction of effort, the team will be scattered sand gangs, members can not achieve their goals. |
People | People are the core strength of a team. Different people work together to achieve the goals of the team through division of labor. In terms of personnel selection, we should consider the ability of the personnel, whether the skills are complementary and how the experience of the personnel is. |
Place | The first is the positioning of the team: where the team is in the organization, who selects and decides the members of the team, who is ultimately responsible for the team, and what way to motivate the subordinates. The second is the positioning of the individual: what role to play in the team. |
Power | One is what kind of decision-making power the whole team has in the organization, such as financial power, personnel power, information right, etc. The second is the basic characteristics of the organization, such as organization scale, business scope. |
Plan | The final realization of the goal requires a series of specific action plans, which can be understood as the specific work procedures of the goal. Only under the operation of the plan will the team get closer to the goal step by step, and finally achieve the goal. |
Effective teams have several distinct characteristics:
1. Clear goal
Effective teams have a clear vision of what they want to achieve, a conviction that it contains significant meaning and value, and an incentive for team members to translate their personal goals into team goals. In an effective team, members are willing to commit to team goals, have a clear understanding of what the team expects them to do, and how they can work together to achieve those goals.
2. Mutual trust
Mutual trust among team members is the hallmark of an effective team, with each member having confidence in the character and abilities of the others. Because trust is fragile, it takes a lot of time to develop and can be easily broken. Therefore, trust in others is the only way to be trusted by others, so mutual trust within the team is the key to the maintenance of efficient teams.
3. Relevant skills
A high performance team consists of a group of competent members. They have the necessary skills and abilities to achieve their goals, and the personal qualities to cooperate well with each other, so as to accomplish tasks well.
4. Unanimous commitment
The members of an effective team show a high degree of loyalty and commitment to the team, and they are willing to do anything to make the group successful. We call this kind of loyalty and commitment. It is characterized by a dedication to the goals of the team and a willingness to mobilize and exert their maximum potential to achieve this goal.
5. Good communication
Good communication is an essential characteristic of an effective team. Team members exchange information through open channels, including a variety of verbal and non-verbal communication. In addition, healthy feedback between management and team members is also an important feature of good communication, which helps leaders guide team members' actions and eliminate misunderstandings. Members of effective teams quickly and accurately understand each other's thoughts and emotions.
6. Negotiation skills
In individual-based job design, the roles of employees are clearly defined by job descriptions, work disciplines, work procedures and other formal and informal documents. But for effective teams, the roles of their members are flexible and constantly changing. This requires members to have sufficient negotiating skills.
Seven. Proper leadership
An effective leader can get the team to follow him through the most difficult times because he can show the team where the future lies, he clarifies the possibilities for change, inspires team members' self-confidence, and helps them more fully understand their own potential. Good leaders don't necessarily direct or control; leaders of effective teams often serve as coaches and back-up, providing guidance and support to the team but not trying to control it.
8. Internal and external support
Internally, the team should have a sound infrastructure that includes proper training, an easy-to-understand measurement system for assessing the overall performance of employees, and a supportive human resources system. From an external perspective, management should provide the team with the resources it needs to get the job done.
