Your team plays a critical role in the success of your business. In fact, you can have all the right products and latest innovations, but the right people in the right positions make all the different between bottom line success and lost opportunities. The best-fit people on your team also enable you to weather storms and face difficult challenges with resilience and creativity.
So if you know you don’t have the the right dynamic quite yet, or there’s too much negativity happening, what can you do? Here are some strategies to put to use to get back in the game – and win.
1. Find the gaps.
The first step is identifying the areas where there are skills gaps or too much conflict and lack of collaboration. You can’t create a plan to build an A-team if you don’t understand where you and your current team are falling short. So analyze each role and the person’s success and progress in it, as well as areas where you are left scrambling and need to bring in some fresh faces, whether on a temporary or full-time basis.
2. Learn from mistakes.
Setbacks are inevitable for every company. However, the difference between success and sub-par performance is whether or not you learn from mistakes. So, rather than getting discouraged, use negative experiences as ways to learn. Ask yourself: What went wrong and how can you avoid similar situations in the future?
3. Start the hiring process.
Once you know the areas where you need to hire, or re-assign people, take the next step and start looking for candidates, whether internally or externally. Promote the position on channels that will be most effective for those you’re looking to hire. Ask existing employees for referrals or let them know about openings they can apply to. Be specific about the role, expectations, and how progress will be measured.
4. Hire for potential.
Whether you’re hiring new candidates or promoting from within, look at more than just hard skills. Evaluate growth potential and each individual’s ability to collaborate or even lead. When you go beyond just technical skills and think about how a persons can be an asset to the company, even if it’s in the future, then you’ll have a better chance of building a super-star team.
5. Work toward a more collaborative culture.
No matter the industry you work in, successful collaboration is vital for solid performance. Teams who are able to work collectively to overcome challenges, solve problems, and develop new products and services are much stronger and more likely to grow and succeed.
Put in the time and effort to help your employees collaborate, share responsibilities, and work together to achieve organizational goals. Invite them to share ideas, thoughts, and concerns, and make them feel more like partners and less like subordinates. Be open to feedback and input and willing to test out new ways of doing things.
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