Issue 44: effective team development

Develop efficient team

Recall a particularly happy working experience in your career . What makes that experience fun ？ The simplest answer is “ Challenge ”. Good work experience is always accompanied by certain challenges .

Now? , Let's recall a pleasant memory of that time , It's like playing back the scene in your mind like a video . It could be a meeting , A chat , Breakfast after a long night of talking about the latter . If you are like most of us , Have such complete and vivid memories , You can hear the voices around you and the words of others , You can also see the expressions on people's faces , Do you remember your surroundings . Now? , Freeze frame playback in your mind , Then analyze the pictures one by one . Where are the challenges ？ We can bet , He doesn't exist in your memory . If there is , It's just part of the background .

In our precious working memory , What emerges in front of us are team interactions . When a group of people merge into a whole , All the characteristics of work have changed . Challenges at work are important , But what matters is not itself , But it guides the direction of our joint efforts . The challenge is that we become the carrier of the whole . In those working teams that can let everyone give full play to their limits , Team interaction is all work . This is why we stick together , Everyone is devoted to their work , Overcome all kinds of difficulties .

When the team becomes a whole , Everyone will work better , More fun .

A cohesive team

A cohesive team is a group of closely intertwined people , Their total sum is greater than the sum of individuals . The output of this kind of team is greater than that of those who work together like stragglers . The important thing is from the work itself , Everyone gets more fun from work than you think . Sometimes , Other teams regard it as boring work , A cohesive team is happy to do it .

Once the team has generated cohesion , The probability of success will greatly increase . Such a team is almost unstoppable , It is like a bulldozer pushing towards success . It is quite pleasant to manage such a bulldozer team , You spend most of your time clearing road obstacles , Pave the way to success , Such a team does not need management in the traditional sense , There is no need to motivate , Because they have high morale .

The reasons for this phenomenon are not complicated ： Teams are built around common goals . Before coalescing into a team , Everyone in the team may have different goals . But as part of the condensation process , They gathered all , Convergence becomes a common goal .

A symbol of a cohesive team

If the team has these characteristics , It shows that a cohesive team has formed . The most important one is the low turnover rate in the implementation of projects and tasks . Team members are willing to stay and complete the project . Before coagulation , Some very important factors （ money , status , Position ） Become insignificant after condensation , It doesn't even matter . Naturally, everyone will not leave the team because of the old-fashioned higher salary .

It is sad , We usually ignore the signs of team success .

Cohesive teams usually have a strong self-awareness . The team may have obvious territory , Everyone has lunch together , Or go for a drink after work .

In a good team , Members have a sense of elitism . Members feel that they are part of a unique business . They feel much better than machines . They have a kind of arrogance , It's like SWAT Special police force , So that people outside the team feel uncomfortable .

A cohesive team has a strong sense of belonging to the products produced . Participants all hope that a product or a component can leave its own name . Everyone wants others to see their own achievements , As the product takes shape , Various displays of team decorator products .

The last sign of a cohesive team is that the team members enjoy their work .

A cohesive team looks healthy and energetic , Communication is easy , Confident and enthusiastic .

Teams and gangs

If the cohesive team mentioned above is close together , The way you think you are higher than the world makes you feel uncomfortable , It's not just you who think so .

We can imagine , You'll think to yourself ,” wait a minute , This guy said The team , It should be gangs . The team may be very good , But for gangs , Shouldn't it be avoided ？“

The difference between a team and a gang is like a breeze and a gust . Breeze and gust have the same literal meaning , All are ： Flowing cool air . If you find this cool air refreshing , We would say it's a breeze ; If it makes people upset , We'll say it's a gust .

Different connotations , But the meaning of the word is almost the same . Empathy , There is no difference in word meaning between team and gang , The connotation is completely opposite . When a close working group comes together and makes everyone feel happy , You will say that this is a team ; But if it makes everyone feel like a threat , People will regard it as a gang .