Team Roles
I traveled to Atlanta this week to attend a staff meeting for my new company and meet my new team. Since it was our first gathering, it was their first time meeting me and learning that I would be their supervisor, the initial meeting was somewhat awkward and slightly tense... Because the team I will be leading has not had a supervisor to report to or hold them accountable to company standards, they were slightly shocked when the announcement was made that I would be leading them. After meeting everyone and putting names to faces, I began to think a lot about teamwork and how I going to bring this group into a cohesive team. The group of liaisons work all over Georgia with their office out of their homes, because of this it makes team cohesion a challenge. I personally believe in team work, we all will need to come together as a team to be an effective group of liaisons.
I must admit, I’m not exactly sure how I’m going to do this. The group of individuals is very diverse and currently does not function as a team. My initial thought is to create team goals as well as individual goals. If I structure their success around individual and team goals, they will be forced to contribute to the team goals to be successful. I am slightly hesitant to do this however, because if one team member does not pull their weight, then the other team members will be forced to pick up the slack, but additionally create bitter feeling towards one another, instead of team cohesion. My other thought was coming together to work on a project that gives back. For example, all of us taking a day and working for Habitat for Humanity. I have found in the past that coming together without worrying about work, but doing something that will help others can create team unity, while helping others, benefitting both parties. I’m not sure how I’m truly going to bring my team together it may be through a number methods learning through trial and error, but once we come together, I believe we can accomplish anything we set our minds too.
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