5 Ways to Create a Culture of Teamwork and a Great Business
How A Culture of Teamwork can create Profits and a Great Business.
The culture of many organizations is often an afterthought because owners tend to spend time on the numbers and the sales quotas.
In this article we have put together 5 best practices that can help the small business owner to realize profits as a result of their employees working successfully, the argument is a 'culture of teamwork' will create profits beyond the team without this culture in place.
1. Build relationships to create loyalty
a. Create quarterly goals for employees
b. Ensure procedures and training are continuous learning exercises
c. Employees should understand each functional role, and how they affect others in their own role
d. Develop and then promote your mission statement, which should consider high levels of service and quality
e. Do what is right, be honest and forthcoming
2. Build out your companies 'first impression'
a. Again build a mission statement that is clear and simple.
b. Communicate that the first impression has to be the best impression, provide training and workshops to encourage this
3. Develop Simple, clear Job Descriptions, communicate clearly
a. People like to know the box around their job, it helps them focus on the daily and long term tasks
b. Communicate the end result you would like to see and then let your employees respond.
c. Ask for feedback, and provide feedback.
4. Listen more talk less
a. Give very careful, clear instruction.
b. Adjust your message to fit each unique personality.
c. Understand that what people say and mean are two different things, consider body language during your communication
5. Body language counts when Speaking to Someone
a. Not only understanding your employees body language, but you also must be aware of your own
b. As boss, we really cannot let a bad day affect the work environment
One simple way to ensure you can work on these 5 things is to use a PEO. We at PEOcompare.com are Small Business proponents, and believe that the time you have to spend on Payroll, insurance, and other employment issues make it well worth the few extra dollars spent using an Employee Leasing Company to take of these issues. Managing a business can be challenging and the human factor can take significant effort but we encourage you to plug into the needs and untapped drive your staff already possesses.
About the Author
Anthony Kelly is a frequent contributor to PEOcompare.com and has experience working for small businesses and employee leasing companies since 1997. He frequently writes about compliance, HRO, PEO insurance, and other issues affecting the small business owner.
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