When you are assigned as a management team leader, a significant challenge will be to unite the members around your vision. Until and unless the team members are enthusiastic about realizing the business goal, no amount of hard work will bear any significant result.
Ways you can unite your team around your vision
Set targets
Usually, the central vision is too big a target for employees to work toward. This is why the overall vision must be divided into smaller targets. These targets must be well set so that completing each should take you closer to fulfilling the vision. For example, suppose the company’s vision is to be the number-one beer brand in Atlanta. In that case, the targets must specify the sales to be achieved by area, the marketing tactics to be employed, the offers and promotions to be given during the sales campaign, etc.
Encourage inputs
Rather than making your team blindly follow you, it is better to ask for their input, including methods of implementation. When the team sees that their opinions and suggestions are being valued and implemented, they will have more faith in the leadership. They will be more interested in ensuring that the team achieves success and fulfills the vision set by the business.
Assign roles and responsibilities
The employees should also be very clear on their roles and responsibilities in the team. Suppose they are unsure of what exactly they are supposed to do. In that case, there will be confusion. Conflicts can also emerge where a member accuses another of not doing their job even though the latter may not be truly responsible. Such conflicts will depress the team morale and turn every member against one another. So be sure to assign specific tasks to each member and clearly explain their role and its relation to others.
Constant review and improvements
Once the members start work, they must be reviewed constantly. It should then be compared against expected performance. Areas where the employees fail to meet expectations must be analyzed, and immediate steps must be taken to get their performance up to par. This will ensure that the team consistently refines its practices, making achieving the business goal easier.
Appreciate good work
All people like to be appreciated for anything good that they have done. Employees will be delighted if you congratulate them on their excellent performance or thank them for their invaluable input. And if you can do this in front of other employees, then all the better. This will boost the employees’ confidence while also making them committed to the growth of the business. In addition, appreciating one member will also trigger healthy competition within the team, which will be an overall positive development for the company.
Include growth opportunities
Make sure that team activities are set in a way that offers tremendous scope for growth. Every team member must attain at least some progress during the job. This can be anything from a raise in salary, growth in skills, higher positions in the company, increased confidence, etc. As long as the members feel that being a part of the team allows them to grow financially, psychologically, or socially, they will remain interested in ensuring that the team keeps delivering its best.
