How to Build an Effective Team in 4 Steps?

Lakshya Singh, Varad Kitey

May 22, 2021 — 5 min read

Building a successful team is the foundation of any company's success. A team brings people together by encouraging teamwork. But the process of team building is not as easy it seems, but it demands a great deal of effort on the part of the leader. Leaders have responsibility to make sure team works well together and remains focused on the right priorities. But there are many challenges that leaders have to overcome to build great teams. Here are 4 steps to build a successful team for your company.

Everyone has what it takes to become a leader but managing a team is not that simple. Being in the position of a leader, means you have to handle numerous tasks, from managing a team to developing a new leader. It’s for this reason that you need to learn how to build and manage a team in the most efficient way possible without the stress. A powerful and successful company operates with best teams when employees work with a team mentality.

Now that you get the idea of building a team, how do you do it? Most importantly, what do you need to manage the team you build? There are a lot of team building skills you will need to learn, and four of these essential skills are as follows:

Skills You Need to Build a Successful Team

Good Communication and Feedback Skills
Decision-making Skills
Listening and Caring Skills
Persuasion and Influencing Skills

Skills You Need to Build a Successful Team

A short video clip on Effective Team building

Good Communication and Feedback Skills

Communication is the key to the success of any relationship. Having the ability to communicate with your team members effectively will create a cordial relationship among the team members.

Apart from this, you also need to have the ability to make the rest of the team communicate with each other. If your team members fail to communicate, the entire project fails. The role of communication skills cannot be overemphasized. It’s part of the most essential team building skills.

Decision-making Skills

Making decisions are very important for a leader. It’s what sets him apart from his subordinates. Having decision-making skills requires patience and being courageous enough to stand by his judgment.

Also, decision-making often requires compromise, and sometimes a willingness to give up your own point of view in favor of the decision shared by the entire team. Most of the times, opinions of each team member may clash. It will boil down to you to choose the one that is best everyone and the team.

Listening and Caring Skills

One of the best team-building skills you will need to have is the ability to listen to people. Not just listening to what they say, but the meaning behind their speech. Everyone wants to know you care for them and also understand their situations. Having listening skills will not only save you a lot of stress but will also help you build rapport in your workplace.

One more thing you should have is the ability to show genuine care for your team members. Check up on them or send birthday messages. Surely, these acts of kindness will enhance their performance and productivity.

Persuasion and Influencing Skills

Being able to persuade your team members effectively is one skill that will help you. You will also need it to seal deals and broker partnership with other partners. Persuading people to follow your lead, will help keep your team together and focused on a common goal.

Final Words

With all these skills, you can build a very tight-knit team that can overcome and weather any storm together. One last thing you should remember is that there is no 'I' in team. A team is only as strong as the leader that leads them.

FAQs

What is an effective team?

Effective teams are the foundation of every successful organization. Companies without teams that work well together often struggle, while effective teams help to improve quality, facilitate the completion of projects and increase productivity and efficiency.

How to build an effective team?

Tips to build an effective team:-

Define the purpose
Assemble the team
Determine the goals
Set expectations
Monitor and review

What makes an effective team?

A thriving team has open and honest discussions, sharing their thoughts, ideas and opinions. They engender a meritocracy, ensuring no-one is above anyone else and allowing everyone to feel as though they can contribute freely. Creating this sort of culture is one of the fundamental foundations of a successful team.