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The Fifth Step To Great Management
By Ron | December 28, 2009
Building Teamwork is the 5th Step to Great Management.
At one electronics company, I created and facilitated over thirty teams. This meant that for a company of only 300 employees, virtually everyone was on a team. For each team, we created a “foundation” – a code of conduct on how the team would operate. We didn’t get into hassles in our team meetings because we had our “foundation” plus, I provided training on how we could solve problems and improve quality and productivity through structured teamwork.
We didn’t have team-building exercises. No, we didn’t go out the woods and climb trees to demonstrate trust. We built trust everyday on the job by supporting each other in the pursuit of team goals. Every quarter we celebrated each team’s success by the members reporting out to the executive staff. Teamwork became a way of life.
In about three years, we tripled revenue and increase our profit margin. I believe that most of our success came from building teamwork.
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