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Building a Winning Team Takes Skill and Courage!

By: Ken Keis

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"To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise."
Mitchell Caplan, CEO
E** Trade Group

Building a Winning Team Takes Skill and Courage!

Team: Marked by devotion to teamwork rather than individual achievement; to yoke or join in a team; to put together in a coordinated ensemble.

Courage: The mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship; implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty; suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience; a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened; determination to achieve one's ends.

Winning Teams Don’t Happen By Accident

In recent weeks, CRG has been involved in team development for a small firm with 50 staff and also a billion-dollar enterprise. Our work is confirming that issues are the same in most companies!

- High-performance (winning) teams are comprised of highly skilled and talented team members.
- Team chemistry is even more important than the aptitudes of the team members.

In my primary research for my MBA, the number one factor affecting an individual’s job satisfaction, morale, and productivity was found to be the person to whom the individual directly reports.

Effective leaders implement "accountability" into their modus operandi.

When supervisors do not hold everyone accountable to the standards and expectations of the organization, credibility is lost instantly.

When a team member -- no matter how gifted -- does not fit into the corporate environment, he or she will erode the performance of the entire team. That has been proven many times in the sports world where a talented individual’s primadona attitude can disrupt the whole team.

Many leaders tolerate bad behavior far too long before dealing with the consequences. When someone is not contributing 100%, you must deal with it quickly. When you ignore actions that are unacceptable, then by default you are approving their conduct.

Building a winning team is not about being nice; it is about being consistent and fair.

This is where courage comes into play. It takes courage to hold individuals accountable but the alternative is disrespectful to the rest of the team -- and is certainly not reflective of successful leadership.

When team members are not measuring up, you have only 3 choices:

- get them to change their attitude and behavior;
- accept their behavior and lower your expectations to match their poor performance; or
- replace those individuals

if you want to build a winning team, there are no other options.

Well-meaning and nice team members who are not ready or able to perform their duties are, in many ways, the most difficult people to lead because their commitment is high but their abilities are not.

Aligning personal style with the work/job style of a position is critical for success but that comes after you ensure that the individual has the talent and the ability to fulfill the job’s responsibilities.

- Example: I have a talent for business and public speaking but please don’t ask me to fix your car. I can do a basic oil change but I don’t have car expertise above that level. No matter how hard I try, I will never have the talent to be a mechanic!

That is true for all your team members and your clients’ team members, too.

We all have natural talents and acquired skills. It is essential that they match the needs of the organization in which we work.

Building a winning team takes courage and skill. Having a group of talented individuals working together 100% will provide everyone involved with the greatest fulfillment and satisfaction.

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Ken Keis, MBA, CPC, is an internationally known author, speaker, and consultant. He is President and CEO of CRG Consulting Resource Group International, Inc., Many professionals herald CRG as the Number One global resource center for Personal and Professional Development.

For information on CRG Resources, please visit crgleader.com

For information on Ken’s Training and Speaking Programs, please visit Please Rate this Article

 

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