Take a look at our top tips to get your team reading from the same page:
- Encourage communication
To allow your team to work well together you should advocate openness, honesty and respect. If you take the first steps to communicate effectively and honestly then your team will follow suit.
Try and encourage employees to talk to each other, ask questions, and more importantly let them know that they can freely voice their opinions and worries to any member of staff. This will help them to feel more comfortable within their role and will give them both the assurance and confidence they need to discuss projects with colleagues.
- Set clear goals
To be able to complete a task to the best of their ability, your employees need to understand the goals and also understand their part in reaching those goals.
The person setting the work should explain the outcomes of a task, and the steps needed to get there so that everyone understands the reason behind their work.
Clear expectations will make the team feel more productive and involved in the completion of goals and outcomes.
- Get to know your team
It’s important to understand that everyone within your team is unique, and as a result, they will have different things that motivate them and drive them forward, different working methods, and different opinions to their colleagues.
By taking time to understand the differences within your team, you can use this to your advantage and use their different skills to help with different projects.
To further build the solidarity of your team, you could consider partaking in team-building exercises and motivational events that will boost morale and bring everyone together for a mixture of fun and communication.
