New year, new purposes, new teams

A million new resolutions for the new year and little desire to get down to it, a lot of enthusiasm and a lot blablabla and after the holidays, at the moment of truth, we continue with the same chip as last year.

The same thing happens to companies., because "new year new life" and with the same people: if we don't do something different, if we don't print on our collaborators that desire for change to achieve new goals, for cohesion, to create new things, we are left with the same as we had.

Saying it seems easy, but... How can we create that new spirit?

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Keys to team management

To begin with, after complex months of maintaining social distance and increasing virtual connection and creating multiple ways of working remotely, the first thing we need is get the team involved, to increase that team feeling that we are working together and that seems to have been lost with the pandemic.

The most important thing in any organization, be it professional or social/family, is

the communication; when communication is fluid and transparent, everything is much easier, the social and work environment is more relaxed and productive, the staff feels the company as theirs and go from being employees to collaborators, they are part of the business family and work together for a better development of is.

Involving the team consists of make its members participants in the business strategy; That of "information is power" has remained an old saying, sharing information with members of the organization is to create stronger teams.

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An example

Imagine you have a rowing team. If you know how this equipment works in the traineras (this is what the boats are called in the north of Spain), you will know that there is a person to lead the team, set the pace, encourage and guide where they have to go. And you must perform the role of skipper, for a series of rowers (normally 14).

Now imagine that you have never skippered these boats, but you have a team of rowers with great experience, who have been concerned with knowing the route they have to take, have studied the competition and the maritime conditions for the moment in which the competition takes place. Probably before leaving they have told you what exactly they need from you: that you encourage them, that you mark the pace, that you warn them about nearby boats and how to block their way or how to overtake the following.

If you listen to them and follow the guidelines that they have requested, this team will achieve good results, they know what they want to achieve, They know the terrain, the technique, they know your weaknesses and how you can work together to get through the trek successfully. successful.

Now imagine another situation, this time you are the experienced person, but on the contrary you have a team with hardly any experience. They do not know each other, they do not listen to each other, they do not know the terrain, they only know the basics when it comes to moving the oars. How do you think the competition will turn out in this case?

You are the same person, in this case if you have experience, but you have the same time to connect with the team; the circumstances and the goal are the same, what changes is the cohesion of the team, the degree of knowledge they have of each other, the experience of each of them, the degree of rapport... These things that, when we are at work in the day to day of the company, seem not to be important, but that we are increasingly aware of the need for them.

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Steps to follow

In Karismatia, Laura Bueno has created the CORS method, which was created to accompany teams to be the best teams and achieve high performance through 4 steps: Cohesion, Objectives, Results and Follow-up.

1. Cohesion

It consists of involving each member, provoking that the different participants of the team know each other and support each other. For this, communication, transparency, the mentality of growth as a whole for the personal development of each individual is fundamental.

2. goals

Communicate goals clearly and transparently, give a roadmap to the team, it is essential that each of the participants know what is expected of them. Your responsibilities, those of your colleagues and how they can help each other.

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3. Results

If we have set the initial objective well according to the capabilities of the team, we proceed to evaluate if the initial expectations are achieved, what can we learn from what we have worked on as a team, how can we improve...

4. Follow-up

It is important to learn from the results obtained and modify what we have detected that we can improve.

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Characteristics of teams that work well

Creating a cohesive team translates into a team with specific characteristics, which are listed below.

1. Trust

The first thing is the confidence in oneself and in the capacities that one has, because trusting oneself is the basis for being able to trust the team. For trust to take place, it is essential to have fluid communication based on respect, in which all people feel that they can express themselves naturally and difficulties are faced in team.

2. Sense of belonging

When the sense of belonging among the team members is increased, it is when they will behave proactively. When each of the members feel like an important part of the team and share its fundamental values.

3. Common goal

This is a key point that marks the difference between team and group, having a common goal creates a team; The better that goal is defined, the greater the chances of success..

In addition, it is key to create a successful work culture, which sets a guide for individual actions and team, recognize and celebrate achievements, encourage open communication and provide feedback constructive.

4. Leadership

A team needs leadership. Although transversal leadership and the proactivity of each of the team members are increasingly encouraged, it is necessary that there is a guide that mediates when there are different points of view or the direction is lost.

Teams with a good leader who inspires actions and decisions become cohesive teams.

5. Commitment

The main commitment is with oneself, wanting to give the best of oneself, to later give the best with the project, the colleagues... Being committed brings cohesion, commitment reinforces, it is a personal choice that increases trust and the feeling of belonging to the team, facilitating results.

From Karismatia, different methodologies are combined depending on the phase in which the team is in to generate increasingly stronger teams before the adversities that may appear in the market. Set yourself and your team up for success in the coming months to achieve whatever goals you desire.