Steps for building effective teams
- Consider each employee's ideas as valuable.
- Be clear when communicating.
- Encourage trust and cooperation among employees on your team.
- Encourage team members to share information, to listen and to brainstorm.
- Let the team work on creative solutions together.
- Set ground rules for the team.
- Establish the parameters of consensus-building sessions.
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To lead a team effectively, you must first establish your leadership with each team member.
Most effective team leaders build their relationships of trust and loyalty, rather than fear or the power of their positions.
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Communication is the magic key for building trust. Body language, expressions, tone are all important.
- Speak in a calm, soothing voice.
- Make sure that the atmosphere is cheerful and smile whenever possible.
- Do not smile with raised eyebrows, as it looks as if there is anxiety.
- Do not fidget with your fingers and stand straight.
There is ongoing turbulence in the workplace due to the uncertainties provided by the new virus, resulting in a whole lot of people working from home. Normally the work-from-home policies are established in advance, and employees are trained for the same, but current circumstances are not allowing for any transition time.
A sense of connection and belonging are sentiments that are helpful for building “affective trust” – a form of trust based on emotional bond and interpersonal relatedness.
It varies from the “cognitive trust” – which springs from reliability and competence. Both are influential to performance, but affective trust tends to be more salient for a team at the beginning of a relationship, according to studies.