The
first rule of Effective Team Management for team building is obvious one: to lead a
team effectively, you must first establish your leadership with each team
member. Remember that the most effective team leaders build their relationships
of trust and loyalty. A good starting point is that: Managers are people who do
things right.
A
large multinational company had eight people in a project. The group head of
this project was Ravi. Team Leader was Kamini, who used to presented weekly and
monthly reports to Ravi, and Ravi presented this report to the CEO of the
company. The project was going well and the company was in the profit.
One day Kamini had to go on a long leave. Sushma was made Team Leader, Sushma divided
the team members into two parts. Now two teams were formed from one team. In
the first week, everyone liked it. Both teams gave double results in this
period. Group Head Ravi was also pleased to see this.
Suddenly,
Sushma without consulting Ravi told that the team with a good presentation from
next week will be rewarded. All were amazed by this without any comment.
From
the second week, politics started between both team members. Now there was no
pleasant and friendly atmosphere in between the members of the two teams. On
the third week, Ravi came to the office only as soon as he saw that both the
teams were being debated with bitterness, and they were sitting separately
instead of sitting together. Ravi punched Sushma over this attitude of the team
member.
Sushma
replied that the members of the both team are inefficient .Ravi said that they are
working for the last four years and giving their best results. Now why they are
behaving with less results.
Sushma
kept silent over it. Ravi said logic is very simple: For “Effective
team management” Kamini used to maintain a team spirit
in them. if any member's was weak , then another partner would have cleared the
task intelligently. All members work together to achieve a goal. Competition is
necessary, but that competition which leads in opposite direction instead of increasing
should end. In a few days Kamini was exempted from witching, and the work
started to be like the first one.
Morale of Story
Such competition For Effective team management is not of any use, which makes
people stand against each other. Relationships that team members
establish among themselves are every important as those you establish with
them. As the team begins to take shape, pay close attention to the ways in
which team members work together and take steps to improve communication,
cooperation, trust, and respect in those relationships.
Both teams are members of the company and that
you need them to cooperate with each other to achieve success and compete with
other companies. Encourage team members to use competition as an opportunity
for professional growth, learning from successful competitors instead of
resenting them or seeking to undermine them.