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Team work, effective work teams, and team building are popular
topics
in today’s organizations. Successful teams and team work fuel the
accomplishment of your strategic goals. Effective work teams magnify
the accomplishments of individual employees and enable you to better
serve customers.
If you're experimenting with ongoing teams, start with a few to
determine what team activities your organization can support. Teams
require resources, and especially, time. Your teams are most
effective
when:
* a diverse group of employees is able to participate,
* you limit the number of teams on which any one employee may
participate
* the teams establish a regular meeting schedule,
* you require periodic team goal setting,
* minutes or notes are posted from team meetings or projects,
and
* teams self-perpetuate by regularly adding newer employees.
There are five work teams that every organization needs. I’ve seen
many different approaches to team roles and responsibilities. Different
organizations may also group responsibilities differently. As an
example, I asked the safety committee to take on employee wellness
responsibilities in one organization. The team refused, preferring
instead to add environmental responsibilities. With this in mind,
these are the five teams I most frequently recommend.
Leadership Team
Often an organization’s senior managers or department heads, the
leadership team is the group that must pull together to lead your
organization. The leadership team is responsible for the strategic
direction of your organization, The leadership team plans, sets
goals, provides guidance to, and manages your organization.
Motivation or Employee Morale Team
Known by different names in various organizations, the Employee
Morale Team plans and carries out events and activities that build a
positive spirit among employees. The team’s responsibilities can include
activities such as hosting employee lunches, planning company
picnics, fund raising for ill employees, and fund raising for philanthropic
causes. The team leads the celebration of company milestones,
employee birthdays, and the arrival of new babies. The team sponsors company
sports teams. You can have fun with this team as the team’s only
limit is the imagination of the team members.
Safety and Environmental Team
The team ensures the safety of employees in the work place. The team
takes the lead in safety training, monthly safety talks, and the
auditing of housekeeping, safety, and workplace organization.
Recycling and environmental policy recommendations and leadership are provided
by the team as well.
Employee Wellness Team
The wellness team focuses on health and fitness for employees. Most
popular activities include walking clubs, running teams, and
periodic testing of health issues such as high blood pressure screening. The
wellness team can sponsor whole person wellness activities such as
how to make a budget or lunch and learns about investment products – not
investment advice.
Culture and Communication Team
The team works to define and create the defined company culture
necessary for the success of your organization. The team also
fosters
two-way communication in your organization to ensure employee input
up the chain of command. The team may sponsor the monthly newsletter, a
weekly company update, quarterly employee satisfaction surveys, and
an employee suggestion process.
Start several company teams, such as these, and nurture their
success. When employees see successful teams, more employees become
interested in serving on the teams. The teams make the company a better place
to work and provide the opportunity for real employee involvement and
commitment.
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