The 14 Aspects of Great Employee Teams

Unless you’re a solopreneur, you have team members who are vital to your business. And quite honestly, you probably can’t run a successful business without your team. Yet, every person has a unique personality, bringing a different set of positive and negative issues to your business. So how do you get individual employees that work together like a well-oiled machine? Find out the aspects great employee teams have in common.

Podcast Time Index for “How to Build a Great Team”

00:39 – How to Build a Great Team
04:00 – What exactly makes a Great Team?
04:16 – A Common Goal
05:14 – Culture and Values
06:41 – Have Diversity
08:31 – Every Player must have the right skills for their role
10:35 – Everyone contributes their all
12:11 – Accountability
15:06 – Support Each Other
16:17 – Communicate Transparently
17:23 – Conflict Resolutions
18:13 – Mutual Respect
19:57 – Decision making is Supported, Challenged and Strengthened
21:23 – Organisation is Well-Defined
22:25 – Strong Leadership
24:18 – Have Fun!
25:21 – Closing

14 Aspects of Great Employee Teams

#1 They have a common clear and defined goals.

To build a great employee team, each member needs to know what the group is trying to accomplish.

#2 Make sure team members understand your company’s culture and values.

If your employee culture doesn’t align with your values, realign it or change it.

#3 Diversify.

The more diverse your team members are in age, gender, race, ethnicity, beliefs, and personality, the more collective thinking and problem solving can be done.

#4 Place employees in roles that match their skill sets.

Make sure employees are appropriately equipped for and passionate about the roles in which they’re placed.

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#5 Expect 100% effort from every team member.

When employees are at work, expect them to leave other distractions at home so they can give their all to your business.

#6 Hold team members personally accountable for team results.

Don’t let employees play the “blame game.” Rather, hold all employees accountable for their own actions and for the team’s performance.

#7 Encourage mutual support.

Leave no room for showboating. Instead, encourage team members to support each other.

#8 Open lines of communication.

Winning teams communicate transparently without hidden agendas. Remember, words have the energy and ability to help, heal, hinder, harm, hurt, humiliate, and humble others. Therefore, be kind and open with one another from the top down.

#9 Resolve conflict.

Winning employee teams also have outstanding conflict resolution that starts with a desire to understand rather than to be understood.

#10 Show respect.

Even though team members have different strengths and weaknesses, successful teams remain respectful of those differences.

#11 Support, challenge and strengthen decision making.

Ultimately, the boss is the boss. However, in a good team, the boss encourages team members to challenge, support, and strengthen his or her decisions.

#12 Clearly define team organizational roles.

Make sure that you place team members in clearly defined roles that utilize their strengths.

#13 Place strong leaders.

As John Maxwell says, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” Therefore, place strong leaders in leadership roles.

#14 Have fun.

Finally, have fun. Great teams know how to have fun together, laugh together, and re-energize each other.

Is Your Employee Team Great?

So fellow business owners, do you have a team like this? Do your team members (bosses, managers, and rank-and-file employees) know your mission? Do they support each other, communicate with one another, and show respect for others? Is your team strong in a few of these areas but weak in others? What improvements can you make? As Helen Keller once said, “Alone, we can do so little. Together, we can do so much.” It’s time to set aside differences and titled egos. Now is the time to work together as a team to increase the intrinsic value of your company.

Don’t miss the next article where we will be learning how to build Positive Company Culture.

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