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Entrepreneurs and other team managers strive to bring the most and the best out of their teams. A well-managed team can take a business to great heights while a team that lacks harmony can limit a company’s performance. Studies show that an enormous number of employees(nearly 70%)are dissatisfied,disengaged, and unmotivated at work because very rare of the managers make an extra effort to find out ways to elicit the best performance of their employees.

To impart the required harmony, motivation, and enthusiasm in a team is something that is learned with experience but there are certain strategies that every leader MUST adopt to build and manage a good team.Following are some of the strategies that every entrepreneur, manager, or team leader must embrace:

Take interest in your employees’goals:

Your team is like a family,of which you are the head.You must value the goals, interests,strengths,and weaknesses of each member. If you can strike a balance between their individual goals and the duties you assign them, you are following the right trail.If you assign them a task, not according their career goals and interests, they will finish it but if you assign them tasks as per their interests and career objectives they’ll figure out the best way to complete it,they’ll put in their best efforts,and they’ll indulge in healthy competition.You will need to find out their goals and interests by observations and discussions. Caring for your employees’ career goals is a booster for your team’s overall performance.

Communication is the precondition of a blooming team:

Whether you are handling a sales team, a marketing team, a development team,or a content team, communication is an inevitable requirement of a flourishing project. It is unsurprising that, because of your busy schedule, you seldom get enough time to interact with your team but your project or business entail this investment.

Listening empowers the employees; if they know their ideas are considered and acknowledged, they’ll have a buoyant attitude towards work

Lack of communication leads to either a laid-back attitude or mental strain among employees and neither of it is whole some for you. If an employee has been under performing, have a personalized conversation with him. You might have a solution for the problem he/ she is facing. Similarly, if any employee seems to be stressed, try to ease him.

‘No body is more persuasive than a good listener’- Dale Carnegie:

Listening is that slice of the communication cake that has the cherry and the chocolate stick. The presence or absence of that piece has the power to make the cake look divine or unappetizing. Listening empowers the employees. If they know their ideas are considered and acknowledged,they’ll have a buoyant attitude towards work. They’ll try to figure out better ways of performing different tasks. Their potential will be deployed in a manner that is most advantageous to the organization.

A candid yet humble feedback:

Another important thing I’ve learned over time is that a candid feedback revitalizes a team’s performance. If a sales representative has achieved a target, appreciate him, and reward him. If another is lagging behind, talk to him and figure out what is hindering him. If your feedback is meant for an employee who’s been under performing, make sure it’s humble and intended to solve the issue. Pesky and nasty remarks only have adverse impacts.

Lead by Example:

'Lead by example' is one of those commonplace advices that are rarely put into action. Managers know it very well but they do not apply it. However, it’s truly a gem of an advice you ever get on team leading. There is no substitute for this one. And no list on the topic can be complete without this being mentioned in it. The way to apply this idea to work is to earn respect by your actions not by words. You are supposed to follow all the protocols of professional behavior if you wish your team to do so. You’ll have to toil, if you expect that from your team.