IN SHORT
Building a dream team isn’t just about great resumes. It’s about nurturing potential, fostering community, and always being on the lookout for talent.
Great teams don’t just happen. They’re crafted with care and strategy. It’s not about ticking boxes on a CV. It’s about seeing the potential in people and helping them grow.
Mike Michalowicz, author of “All In: How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams,” shows us how. By treating recruitment as a constant process and focusing on building a supportive community, you can unlock your team’s true power.
Want to transform your team into an unstoppable force? Here are some bitesize, actionable insights, inspired by our latest featured book and author.
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3 Key Insights for Building Unstoppable Teams
Be a Great Teammate First
Feel that your team isn’t as invested as you are? Start by being the kind of teammate you want on your team. Invest time, energy, and patience in the hiring and onboarding process. Show your commitment to new hires. This dedication sets the tone for the entire team, fostering a culture of mutual respect and investment.
Continuous Recruitment
Don’t wait until you’re desperate to start looking for new team members. Make recruitment an ongoing process. Engage potential candidates through workshops, training sessions, and community activities. This approach ensures a steady flow of talent and continually adds value to your business and community.
Match Talents to Tasks, Not Titles
Forget job titles and focus on matching talents to tasks. Look beyond resumes and identify qualities like engagement, cooperation, and problem-solving abilities. By nurturing these inherent qualities and interests, you build a team that’s agile, invested, and ready to tackle any challenge.
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3 Steps to Build Your Dream Team
Invest in Onboarding
Spend quality time onboarding new hires. Ensure they understand your business’s mission and values. A thorough onboarding process helps new team members feel welcomed with staff engagement strategies and aligned with your goals from the start.
Focus on Potential over Experience
Building great teams requires focusing on potential rather than just experience. The most successful teams are formed by nurturing inherent qualities like engagement, cooperation, and problem-solving. By creating opportunities to identify and develop potential, such as through workshops and open conversations, businesses can foster a more invested and dynamic workforce.
Create a Community Vs Culture
Focus on building a sense of community rather than just culture. While culture is about shared values and norms, community goes deeper, fostering genuine connections and personal investment. A community mindset encourages team members to see the business’s success as their own. Create opportunities for them to connect, collaborate, and support each other. This connection improves productivity, boosts morale, and promotes team collaboration.
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Words of Advice From Those Who Have Lived It
“Community is a variant where we actually seek diversity in opinion and belief, which causes conflict, not negative conflict, but conflict, which then brings about resolution, which inevitably is the best of the sum of the parts. So, culture says, I want more people like me. Community says, “I want more people that compliment me, which are different.” – Mike Michalowicz, author of “All In: How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams” ”
“Focusing on building a community in our team has been great for productivity. It’s not just about having people who share the same values but about having a group who bring out the best in each other.” – Jamie Lee, Sales Director.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Creating an unstoppable team goes beyond hiring the best candidates. It involves being a supportive teammate, continuously scouting for talent, and nurturing the potential within your team. Embrace these strategies to transform your team into a powerhouse of productivity and innovation.
This blog was inspired by Mike Michalowicz’s book ‘All In: How Great Leaders Build Unstoppable Teams’. For more nuggets of insight and action on building high-performing teams check out our exclusive Q&A with Mike.
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