Going through the exercise of building teams from scratch ! Team that will be the the key differentiation ! Team that will lead innovation and execution. A team for the future, but well grounded in the present.
And I am refining my ideas of team building through this one, although this is the N'th time for me building a new team from the scratch.
And, through this process, one thing becomes very very clear to me.
You get the bodies together. That's the physical mass of the team and collect it till it reaches the critical mass. Then the job is to ACTIVATE it.
And the activation phase is truly critical. It has three parts to it.
1. Motivate : This is where the team members need to see Purpose of them working, not the tasks. And also where the team motivates back the leadership with the progress being made.
2. Enable: Mostly budgetary. Provide training, tools, equipments etc. Enable the team.
3. Empower: Purpose is set, they have the tools. And you hired intelligent people. Why get in the way ? Cultivate that sense of empowerment.
Easy recipe for an ACTIVATED team.
And I am refining my ideas of team building through this one, although this is the N'th time for me building a new team from the scratch.
And, through this process, one thing becomes very very clear to me.
You get the bodies together. That's the physical mass of the team and collect it till it reaches the critical mass. Then the job is to ACTIVATE it.
And the activation phase is truly critical. It has three parts to it.
1. Motivate : This is where the team members need to see Purpose of them working, not the tasks. And also where the team motivates back the leadership with the progress being made.
2. Enable: Mostly budgetary. Provide training, tools, equipments etc. Enable the team.
3. Empower: Purpose is set, they have the tools. And you hired intelligent people. Why get in the way ? Cultivate that sense of empowerment.
Easy recipe for an ACTIVATED team.
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