Every working professional has probably experienced periods of low motivation, boredom, and productivity. The by-product of the team members’ work is a corporation. Employees will soon become dissatisfied with their work if they see them to be meaningless chores. Something may not be right if you feel the need to regularly reward your staff with money, such as bonuses (which is not wholly incorrect).
It is crucial that every employee of the company feels accountable and responsible for their work if the organisation is to operate well. They must introduce new ideas and strategies to expedite business, which is crucial. Leaders are the source of this drive. In order to guarantee an effective team, you must assemble a group of leaders who are self-driven, results-driven, and accountable.
Here are 5 steps from the book – A Team of Leaders, you need to incorporate in your business to ensure you have a team of leaders.
1.) Break the hierarchy
The first fault you need to fix is if there is only one boss in your organisation, who directs the other team members on what to do. Employees would get used to following commands rather than coming up with new ones if they believe that their job depends on just one person.
The first step in building a team of achievers should be to eliminate hierarchy. Every employee should feel as though they have a voice and are making a difference overall. Employees will start taking initiative and being proactive once they feel heard. A viable business can finally be developed thanks to this.
2.) Design your team so that each leader has a purpose
You could be asking why each leader needs a goal since they will all eventually be employed by the same company.
Yes, they are all working toward the same objective, but for leaders to be effective, they must have a common sense of purpose. How is that even possible? by feeling a sense of responsibility. Leaders will go above and above if they believe their job has actual value and defines the status of the business.
To do that, you need to implement team value creation model – where your team works as a mini-business. Each team’s vision contributes to the overall success of the company. Give you leaders access to high-level information. A Team of Leaders also states that when employees feel they are trusted with critical work, they feel motivated. And satisfied employees mean satisfied customers.
3.) Align incentives of each leader to boost the team as a whole
Each leader has a certain goal that has been established, but you also need to make sure that these goals complement one another. The team’s incentives must be compatible. As a result, you must ascertain what motivates leaders as a group and what would result in the highest levels of motivation and production.
For instance, other teams that worked hard on quality may feel demotivated and detached if a corporation favours quantity above quality. Teams will lose their sense of purpose and direction at this point and start to take tangents. All teams would work toward the same objective if the goals were made clear, which would ultimately result in the success of the organisation.
4.) Give your team access to all necessary knowledge
Every business has internal knowledge that aids in customer service. Organizational knowledge may be divided into three categories: codifiable knowledge, which refers to facts & processes, and strategy knowledge, which is made up of facts and beliefs. Key knowledge describes how to produce value for consumers.
What equips an employee with the appropriate knowledge is a combination of these. Any employee who only has access to partial knowledge will eventually run into problems. For instance, a team won’t be able to solve a problem presented by the client without assistance if it lacks codifiable knowledge. This will inevitably result in the expenditure of significant resources on an issue that could have been solved with the appropriate information.
Make sure you have documented, comprehensive information on hand for any new or existing employees who might need it.
5.) Give your leaders a working space that supports them
A leader’s workspace ought to serve as a constant reminder of why they are doing the way they are. Success of the business and client satisfaction must constantly be visible. Visual management is the term for this.
This can be accomplished by ensuring that a workplace is set up in a way that allows leaders to share ideas, demonstrate their accomplishments, and establish goals. Leaders will remain motivated, experience more alignment, and become more focused if they can see the purpose.
These 5 steps from the book – A Team of Leaders will surely improve the success of your organization if executed smartly.