How to build a dream team

Nuria Arkhipova, business coach, entrepreneur

Building a dream team is one of the most important tasks of any leader. After all, in many respects the result of work depends not only on each employee, but also on the well-coordinated work of the team as a whole. Nuria Arkhipova, a business coach, entrepreneur, human resource management expert and director of strategic development for several brands of outsourcing companies, will tell you how to create a dream team.

1. Learn how to interview. One of the most important points is, of course, the choice of a specialist. Each manager wants to see only high-level professionals in his team, but it is worth paying attention not only to the technical side of the matter when selecting personnel. No less important are the personal characteristics of a person, his ability to work in multitasking mode or in some circumstances. For this purpose, you can ask "tricky" questions at the interview or offer the applicant to find a solution from the situation you simulated. For example, you can use a well-known move with the sale of a pen or some other option for checking the qualities of a future employee.

2. Help the new employee to join the team. In fact, any new person in the company experiences a certain amount of stress, coming to work in the first days. In this regard, you can provide some kind of support to a person. It can be of two types: firstly, it can be a program for the introduction of new personnel developed for the company or the appointment of a mentor. Both help to join the team, understand the main tasks, the rules adopted in the company, make acquaintances, etc.

Conduct regular team building activities with employees. We are talking about the Creation of a corporate culture, which also includes activities to rally employees. In other words, team building is one of the best ways to truly bring the team together. And today there are many opportunities for this. It is not necessary to go with the team to airsoft or out of town, you can just arrange, for example, on Friday evenings with games: someone plays poker with employees, someone plays the mafia - in my opinion, these are great options for team pastime.

3. Encourage your team to grow. Do not forget about the importance of training employees and improving their skills - for these purposes, not only online courses are provided, but also communication with specialists, field trainings. Retraining of employees within the company, which becomes relevant when some new technologies are introduced and when employees are transferred to other jobs. Not every company today is engaged in training employees at its own expense, but those who understand the benefits of investing effort and money in their employees know that in this way they can increase their loyalty and interest in the company.

4. Create a corporate chat. Nowadays, the presence of such chats makes life much easier for all employees of the company, because you can always be in touch, express your opinion, and communicate. Most importantly, enter a taboo on posting memes, jokes and congratulations in this chat, otherwise employees will think less about work than about why this chat was created. In addition, for fun and relaxation, you can create a separate chat for communication, if there is a desire for this.

5. Never scold an employee in public, but praise in front of everyone. Public spanking greatly reduces the team spirit and motivation of employees. But to be happy for another is always both pleasant and useful from the point of view of competition. A friendly team is great, but sometimes more success can be achieved if there is healthy competition in the team. Therefore, everyone from time to time needs to be assigned "asterisks" and divided by achievement ratings.

6. Enter some taboos. For example, to discuss salaries or bonuses between employees. Of course, it is impossible to completely avoid such conversations, but it is still worth making efforts to promote confidentiality in this matter, since envy corrodes the team.

7. Get rid of toxic people. People who are dissatisfied with everything create an unhealthy atmosphere around themselves, into which they drag the rest of the employees. The same can be said about those who are lazy to do their job - this is prompted by the unwillingness to work in others. It is better to get rid of employees who deliver certain troubles, of course, by legal means - by agreement of the parties.

It is often said that all employees look like their boss. This is not smart. After all, if an employee is still in a team, this means he has learned to live (and maybe survive) in a specific team, with a specific leader. So, adapted to the current laws. So, it already has certain qualities and characteristics. So, I learned to “please” the leader. Unconsciously, we imitate those we like or to please the imitator. That is why it is important for the leader to think about what exactly he broadcasts to his team, especially if he is faced with the task of creating a dream team.

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