You
have recently been promoted to a management role and are noticing that there
does not appear to be a strong bond – or cohesiveness – among your team. You
want to address this by building a more cohesive team. You go to two of your
peers to get their advice on how to do this. Who should you listen to if you
want to successfully build a more cohesive team?

Question

Answer

Jess
suggests that you give frequent praise to each individual one-on-one and that
you try to not draw attention to the diversity of the team and instead focus on
how similar they all are. Lastly, she recommended that you choose the star
performer of the team to handle the more complex tasks and to help lead the
team as a whole.

Answer

Becca suggests you start by allowing the team
choice in setting their own goals, making sure that everyone clearly knows who oversees
each task, and ensuring the team knows how each task helps to team achieve team
goals. She also suggests that you try to have a weekly social gathering on
Friday afternoon where you share the highs and lows of the week with one
another. Lastly, she suggested that you move their desks to be all on the same
floor of the building.

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