Team Building: How to Develop Collective Effectiveness

Spirit and teamwork are the engines of growth and strength in the best companies.

Although the role of the founding (or founding) team and managers is extremely important (especially at the beginning), the team spirit of all employees is the pillar of their growth.

But in this development there are traps to avoid, objectives to set, a spirit of belonging to develop and a whole process to follow. So we're going to look at all of these issues in this article.

Moving from loneliness to creating bonds

Open spaces, ideal places for collaboration?

For a long time, we thought that open spaces were the solution to bring employees together and reinforce teams. But in practice, this doesn't necessarily have to be the case. How many employees have to work with noise-canceling headphones to be able to concentrate (preventing someone from talking to them)?

Open spaces are not necessarily places conducive to creating corporate teams or creating collaboration between workers.

They can be so if they are well managed and organized in a way that allows for both hard work and collaboration. It's not always easy. Especially in limited spaces.

Create links to improve team spirit in the company

The role of the company (through its directors and managers) is, among other things, to use “pretexts” to bring employees together and bring them together.

What is this? Simply, more or less professional events (from seminars to afterwork), creative and attractive contests where you have to work as a team to win, or joint projects where there is a lot at stake, that encourage people to work side by side.

Creating links is a mission that requires real reflection followed by concrete action. It's not as simple as it sounds and it's not always enough to set up a ping-pong table.

Encourage connection

Team spirit in companies and collective effectiveness are based on the connection between individuals. This connection is mostly human... but it's also digital.

Internal communication tools such as Teams, Slack, Zoom and Trello are good allies to achieve this goal.

A specific layout of the office, habits and rituals that promote exchanges... all of this favors the approach of employees, creating synergies.

Promote team spirit in companies with common and ambitious objectives

Trials and successes bring people together

Collective efficiency also needs fuel to function. And what better fuel than success? Let's celebrate small victories together.

Even tests, difficult times and crises can be good opportunities to build team cohesion. In adversity, human bonds are strengthened.

So take advantage of every moment, no matter how difficult or joyful, to boost team spirit in your company. To do this, there is nothing like setting ambitious goals that require a high level of collective efficiency and team spirit to be achieved.

The importance of the leader

The leader is a key figure whose mission is to maintain team spirit within a team.

Rather than maintaining team spirit in the company, leaders must inspire the team's short, medium and long-term vision: their objectives, their missions, what it will bring them...

It is from him that the team spirit extends. Without the will to unite around a common and ambitious vision, it is difficult to generate emulation in the rest.

Define functions, communicate effectively and cultivate a healthy environment

Team spirit in the company means an optimal organization. Otherwise, it is difficult to work together properly and, therefore, to cultivate good collective effectiveness.

So focus on defining roles: who does what, in what area and with whom. Then, with regard to communication: no one should be left out, we must focus on a horizontal flow of information (within the limits of confidentiality). Finally, the atmosphere: this is what many talents are looking for, a fun, friendly and attentive environment.

The Spirit of Belonging

Cultivate a sense of belonging to the company

Without necessarily entering into sociology, the cohesion of a group is crucial for the development, progress and success of each of its members.

In a company, employees form a social group. If they don't feel united under the same flag, driving the same machine and linking the same chain, what about collective efficiency?

The success of a company depends on the quality of its offer, its marketing, its actions... but who is at the origin of it, if not women and men?

By proudly wearing the same shield, employees who feel that they belong fully and voluntarily to their company are more productive. Stronger. Happier.

And, above all, they relate better to each other, because they share this sense of belonging.

Foster team spirit as parts of the same body

A team that works as one is the key to moving forward quickly and effectively. Brainstorming is the best illustration of this. Because it is not only the sum of individual ideas, but also the appearance of new ideas that are born of collective thinking.

So get your people together. Make them want to be one with the company, the brand and your team.

Your team should work like... a team, it's all in the name. A company is not the sum of its employees, their talents or their abilities. Emulation, collective effectiveness and team spirit in the company are very valuable.

In addition, to better understand how your employees feel about the prevailing team spirit, why not ask them directly and in a simple way?

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