It\u2019s no secret that great employees make for a great team. And that\u2019s why you need focus to improve your team performance and productivity. After all, the performance of your team of employees will dictate how well your business performs.<\/p>\n
But the problem is, improving team performance involves more than just hiring talented people. It requires understanding the characteristics that affect your team and focusing on improving them to reach a better place together \u2013 as a team. Here are six ways to boost your team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
In order to change, the first thing that must change is you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n You are the captain of your ship on an exciting voyage. This means you need to be clear about where you want to go and what you need to do to get there. You have to give your team direction and keep them all moving in tandem.<\/p>\n Without strong leadership, teams fall apart. You must continue to elevate yourself to avoid swimming in the sea of mediocrity. You\u2019ve made the shift from tradie to owner, so it\u2019s no longer about your skill on the tools, but rather about your integrity, intention, capability, and compassion. These 4 traits make up the layers of trust you must have in yourself to lead your team to success.<\/p>\n You are carving the way for people to be better than you. Because of that, strong leadership never says \u201cno\u201d, or \u201cwe can\u2019t do that\u201d. A strong leader will always ask \u201chow\u201d first \u2013 and there should be 3 \u201chow\u201ds for every 1 \u201cwhy\u201d. Remove the glass ceilings in your business, starting with you.<\/p>\n Goals kept in silos are of no use to anyone. How can your team understand their roles as part of the bigger picture and play their part in moving the business forward if they don\u2019t know what you want to achieve?<\/p>\n Common goals are common knowledge<\/strong>that permeates the business. At the drop of a hat, every single one of your team should be able to tell you where the business is heading and what their role is in getting there. Elevate awareness and be transparent about what success looks like<\/p>\n After communication, the second most important part of your common goals is to make them SMART \u2013 Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.<\/p>\n There are two sets of questions that will keep your common goals alive every day of the week:<\/p>\n 1 \u2013 What happened that shouldn\u2019t have happened? What didn\u2019t happen that needed to happen? What are we doing about it?<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 What\u2019s working? What\u2019s not working? What are we doing about it?<\/p>\n Rules of the game are things that everyone understands and agrees upon. They may be simple things like \u201cWhat time do we start work each day?\u201d or more complex things like \u201cWhat does it mean to be a good employee in this company?\u201d<\/p>\n Rules of the game include your culture and values. It\u2019s about how you live it every day in every way, and how everyone acts, whether at work or not at work.<\/p>\n Similarly to your common goals, you and your team live and breathe your rules of the game. The best way to\u00a0embed your rules into the DNA of your business<\/strong>\u00a0is to be consistent. There can\u2019t be one set of rules for one and another for someone else. Everyone is treated equally and is expected to behave the same.<\/p>\n If you can achieve this, your team will work in harmony. They\u2019ll walk into work each day with absolute clarity around who you serve, why you serve them, and how you serve them.<\/p>\n One of the biggest things that we see in companies is that they have goals, but they don\u2019t have a plan to get them there. Action plans are critical for business growth, because they not only hold people accountable and responsible in the present, but also act as a crystal ball, helping you see into the near future of your business.<\/p>\n The 3 key elements of any successful business are\u00a0leadflow, workflow, and cashflow<\/strong>, so your basic action plans must relate to those. Therefore, at the very minimum, you must have a quote register, work in progress register, and cash flow forecast.<\/p>\n Numbers don\u2019t lie, so if something\u2019s working, do more of it, and if something isn\u2019t working, then change it.<\/p>\n Allow your business to take risks!\u00a0Fail fast and celebrate.<\/strong>\u00a0Failing is the fastest way to learn and get better. The important thing is that you keep moving forward and learn from the mistake. If you don\u2019t make the same mistake again, it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n On the other side of the coin, taking risks can reap huge rewards! One person can\u2019t know everything, so take advantage of the skills of the people around you. Invite people to come to the table with ideas and allow freedom of speech, as long as it\u2019s meaningful and in line with your rules of the game.<\/p>\n People who feel like they have no voice will leave or quit; those who feel like they can be heard will stay longer and work harder. Create an environment where people feel valued, so they want to stick around long enough.<\/p>\n As the leader of your business, you make the decisions, which should include everyone on the team, no matter how young, inexperienced, new, etc. Just because people aren\u2019t involved in certain tasks or projects doesn\u2019t mean they shouldn\u2019t be kept up to date with them.\u00a0Share the What, Why, and How behind decision making<\/strong>\u00a0to help people contribute without fear of being excluded or criticised.<\/p>\n From there, it\u2019s up to each team member how involved they want to be. To ensure more involvement, it\u2019s important that you foster an environment where everyone wants to show up 100% every day. To get this from someone, they need to WANT to be involved. Think of it this way: if you weren\u2019t paying them (and they didn\u2019t need money), is your business somewhere they would want to spend their time?<\/p>\n Mastering these 6 steps isn\u2019t going to happen overnight. Building a business is like building a muscle \u2013 the more you work on it, the stronger it gets. You can\u2019t expect to bench press 85kgs if yesterday you could only do 50kgs.<\/p>\n It takes commitment to work at it every day, every week, every month. You are in this for the long haul, so you\u2019ve got to start treating it that way. But if you start, you know you\u2019re going to be 1% better today than you were yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s no secret that great employees make for a great team. 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Common goals<\/strong><\/h3>\n
3. Rules of the game<\/strong><\/h3>\n
4. Action plan<\/h3>\n
5. Support risk taking to Improve your Team Performance<\/h3>\n
6. 100% included \/ 100% involved<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Build the Business Muscle to Improve your Team<\/h2>\n