Team Building And Team Commitment Goes Hand In Hand!

People working in an organization work as groups, as teams, they are instructed by their managers to work in a particular manner that can give a uniform output to company’s clients. But as we talk about the matter of working together, it doesn’t come easily in a team unless the “Commitment” factor delves in a team. A team is formed only by committed efforts of team members and the bigger role is that of manager who blends the team members in to one team, thinking like one person and work like a huge machine. No wonder, companies, as soon as they employ a new set of employees they are first given the product training and then recreational sessions are also held in which they bond with each other and get to know each other’s thinking processes well. When a total commitment factor comes from an employee’s end, then can we say a team is formed or built? You just cannot have a room filled with 10 or 15 guys inside and telling, they are a team. The concept of teams go much deeper then we can really think of, if you ever worked in bigger companies, you would know it well, I guess!

As far as my thinking process goes, I can term team as one person, a single entity working together to achieve a common target. Working as a group is not just beneficial to you as a person but all the members in a team, the company, the manager and everybody who are connected with the process. A success of team is highly dependent on the efforts and the commitment by their members, we cannot just single out people working in one cabin as team, a team knows well what it goes in to achieving the targets of a company and what it takes to see success and what it takes to know each other better, what it takes to work together, know together and everything we can think of. A team is like your second family, you work in harmony and share your views and if need be ask the person to improve where he possibly can. Teams have formal relations, but they blend well when the team is older and formal ties takes a back step. The key to team building and team success comes when members are solely committed to doing their work and striving hard to achieve their objectives or business goals.

Given below are some of my few gestured points that will help you understand the level of commitment that comes from each of your employees, after knowing that level you can take some steps to improve upon and proceed ahead in achieving the goals of your company:

1. The choices of your team members
   Its very important for your team members to participate in all the activities that are happening in a team, whether it be a social participation or taking up an initiative project work. If they show least interest in taking part voluntarily then they wouldn’t take interest in team otherwise. A mandatory action by employees helps them to participate and they can set directions for themselves.
2. Perceiving work as mission
   Try to find out whether your employees are really taking work seriously, if no, then what is stopping them. All the members of a team should take their objectives as mission for a company, they should know where their mission falls and that they are a part of bigger organizational functions and their participation is really important.
3. Valued employees
   Your employees should have an idea that they are valued although in real sense too they are praised and valued, it is important for them to know, try to find out whether they take themselves and their services as valuable part of a company? A team member is motivated when he gets good appraisal not in monetary terms, just an announcement in the whole team or ovation by team members would do to raise his self esteem and he will strive even harder.
4. Company’s challenges
   The team members should feel excited about new projects coming in the company, if they lack interest in this, then their commitment are surely going to be on lower end.
5. Recognition
   An employee needs to be recognized for his work, keeping the records of your employee’s performance helps them to get motivated on timely basis. The efforts recognized will never go wasted; they will act as a strong resource for the company.

Team building is not easy as much as we think, there is lots of consideration and thinking process which goes in to building teams especially people of different thinking, attitude, smartness level, etc join in the company. Set their goals right and you will win the battle!