6 Ways Successful Teams Are Built To Last

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When you are in a position of authority, it’s important to know your leadership style and technique, it is important to evaluate yourself how you can improve to help those that you are leading.

Questions you should think about:

·         Is your leadership style as effective as you think it to be?

·         Are they accepted by the majority of my team I am in charge of?

To ensure maximum performance from your team it is important to get to know your team members; it is important to embrace or accept others differences to be able to define the strengths and abilities of your team and assesses each person can contribute. A great leader always knows what button to push to get the maximum talent of an employee or team member. It is important to clearly define roles and responsibilities, each members responsibility should correlate together this is why you must have a sharp knowledge of your team members abilities so they fit in the workplace culture. Be hands-on with feedback. Feedback is the best way to motivate teams to stay on track it should be up-beat and constant, Feedback can be both formal and informal; usually if it is too formal it can be stiff and less impactful. Acknowledge and reward your team members, people enjoy being praised for accomplishments, be thoughtful and reassure your team that you are also paying attention to their efforts. Be genuine with your recognition and respectful, respect goes a long way towards building a successful team. Celebrate success; in this fast paced world many people are not taking the time to comprehend their success. This goes past acknowledgement; it is about taking a step back to reflect all that has been achieved.

In conclusion, 6 ways successful teams are built to last consist of knowing your leadrship style, get to know your team members to get maximum results, define roles and responsibilities clearly, give positive feedback, awknowledge your team members for a job well done, and celebrate success by steping back and looking at your group effort as a whole.

In my opinion, I think that this article has many different aspects to help encourage successful teams to last. I don’t think that it gives many problem-solving for teams that are not as successful as the one described in the article. I think that it is easy to get caught up in your own workload and your own deadlines that sometimes it is easy to forget the “group mentality” and feeling as though it is necessary to only look out for yourself. I think that all the points rose are valid and important to maintaining a successful team, but I think that they should have added some solutions to help leaders that are having trouble creating successful teams.

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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi

Llopis, G. L. (2012, Oct 01). 6 ways successful teams are built to last. 6 Ways Successful Teams Are Built To Last, Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2012/10/01/6-ways-successful-teams-are-built-to-last/