Instant Team Building: How to Build and Sustain a Winning Team for Business Success (Instant Success Series)

all the national advertising in the world only gets the prospect to the door. What the team does from that moment on, to make it a memorable buying experience, is what explodes a business and takes it to the top.

People have different Living Styles based on where they lie on a scale that measures four characteristics; high or low self-respect, and high or low respect for others. It’s that simple. Where they fit in this table will indicate their relationship with others in their private lives. This is what I mean: (see the following table) Living Styles Work

give all team members a position description. They need to know what their jobs entail and what their responsibilities are. It’s very important to tell your people what they’re supposed to be doing. Spell it out in clear, unambiguous terms.

writing the systems manual? It’s not as daunting as you’d imagine. Here are some considerations: • Start with the workflow descriptions. • Use bullet points and concise headings. • Start with the first, most important, or regular task. • Itemize each action that is needed to handle or complete each function, and write briefly what needs to be done.

New Team Four-Hour Format 6.00 Greet and welcome, making sure everyone listed is in attendance. 6.10 Brad to lead the group in Vision, Mission, and Culture of Company and where it’s going. Also to discuss “Going the Extra Mile.” 7.00 Team members to tell the group of their experiences in the workforce and the difference at Action. 7.35 Brad to desc

Finding the right match is vitally important when selecting team members. That’s why I involve my entire team when looking for a new team member. You see, team members are the ones who have to live and work with the new team member, not I.

make sure you set smart goals. What are these? They are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Results-oriented goals that have a Time Frame.

other dimension characterises leadership styles according to the degree to which they concentrate on task behavior or relationship behavior. What does this mean? When a leader gets involved with the team members, telling them exactly what to do and when, how to do it, and where it should be done, that’s a good example of task behavior. The main con

High C’s like to do things very well, if not perfectly. However, they don’t reference their standards to others, which would be valuable to them because then they would learn that their standards are much higher than everyone else