Tips for improving team performance

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TIPS FOR IMPROVING TEAM PERFORMANCE

- by H. SURYA PRIYA, ALTACIT GLOBAL



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Team Work

• The process of working collaboratively with a group of people in order to achieve a goal.Teamwork is often a crucial part of a business, as it is often necessary for colleagues to work well together, trying their best in any circumstance. Teamwork means that people will try to cooperate, using their individual skills and providing constructive feedback, despite any personal conflict between individuals.

• Team effectiveness = Quality of inputs x (Process gains - Process losses)



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Importance of Teamwork in Organizations

• Teamwork is used across many different industries to increase performance, employee unity and company culture. Companies that must frequently develop new ideas or products using a project-based approach assemble teams in order to diffuse responsibility. Team members use teamwork to bounce ideas off of one another before deciding on a development path for a project.

• Problem Solving• Communication• Cohesion• Learning



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Tips for improving Team Performance

Analyse team dynamics: Good team leaders make the most of the human assets at their disposal. To do this, you need to understand each group member, how their behaviour changes within the team, and how individual responses vary at different stages in the team’s development.



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Tips to Improve Team Performance

Create a good environment:• Make it clear to the whole team that the

workplace needs to be treated with dignity and respect.

• Observe how each of the members communicates with each other; their tone of voice, language, body language etc.

• Team members can unintentionally create a negative environment with their actions. Look out for this and make sure you let them know.



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Motivation:• Talk to your team and find out what makes them

inspired. It’s often not about the money — see this McKinsey Quarterly piece on Motivating people: Getting beyond money

• Use this information to boost their motivation level in a way that encourages them to use their strengths and improve outcomes.

• Sometimes it’s as easy as giving them public recognition in a way their peers can see and comment on



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Goal setting• Set goals for the team. This is a way for you to lead them but

also something for the team to strive for.• When setting goals, make them attainable. If you have one

big objective, break it down and set goals that can be attained in a shorter period of time rather than months from now. Achieving the smaller goals makes it easier for the team and gets them motivated to continue towards the overall goal.

• Consider setting a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) — something for the whole team to really reach for. This should be in addition to your attainable goals so that there’s a sense of achievement and progress.



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Praise• Employees like to know what they’re doing is

right. Show them that you appreciate their work.• Give thanks to show you acknowledge their hard

work. At Rypple we use fun badges when we give public recognition!

• When people feel valued they’re more engaged and passionate about their work.

• Dan Pink, author of Drive explains that, “The best plan is to pay people enough to take the problem of money off the table.”



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Give Feedback:• Employees always want to know how

they’re doing. Provide continuous feedback to your team.

• In a real-time world, people expect to know how they’re doing and what they can do to improve. To accelerate learning, teams need an easy way to link feedback to actual goals and day-to-day work.



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Lead by example:• If you want your team to improve

their performance, then improve yours! Be an example of what you want your team to look like.

• Don’t just be the manager of the team, be part of it.



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Communication• Have a continuous flow of communication

throughout the team. Make sure you are involved too. Open communication is important for a team to work well together.

• Make it easy and comfortable for employees to approach you. If a team member can’t approach you, it creates a tense environment.



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Delegate• If you delegate effectively to team

members, it frees up some more time for you and you can manage the team better. Make sure you delegate the responsibilities to the right people – it will keep them learning.



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Hold them accountable• This is a hard part of the job, but very necessary!

Stay on top of individual performances, if one person is lacking, the whole team will too.

• Your expectations should be the same for everyone on the team. No special attention.

• Often just a few team members will drag down the performance of the entire team and waste a lot of your time. Address performance issues immediately to save yourself time in the long run.



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Keep it light• You want people to enjoy their work, if they

don’t, they won’t want to do their work.• Try scheduling something once a month to

have fun with the group and interact outside of work.

• As a manager you need to be a supporter of that fun



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Run team meetings:• Making team meetings effective is a

major test of leadership skills. The key to holding a productive meeting is to involve everybody actively in the proceedings. Ensure that team members understand the purpose of each meeting and what is expected of them.



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