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Exercise ..............................................................................................................
In your workplace, what’s the greatest hurdle in encouraging
team members to do “the right work right” and integrating their
efforts? How can you use one of the techniques discussed to keep
your staff focused on the job and increase their performance?
Choose an area you want to improve and start planning for it
today. For instance, you might want to circulate a memo whenever
a change is announced, so everyone gets the information at the
same time. Or you might want to develop and e-mail a daily list of
priorities for each person on your staff. Maybe initiating team
recognition would add to the individual activities you already
offer. Whatever you decide to work on, make it specific
and tangible.
Here are some simple but revealing questions to help you
anticipate problems, design preventive measures and put strategies
into action.
- What areas currently fragment your team’s work effort?
- Based on the techniques you’ve just read, what’s the
most obvious way you could keep your staff focused
and energized? - What specific steps will that take?
- Which team members will be involved?
- When will you start, and how will you measure
your success?
Integrating the Individual and the Team