Leadership: From Individual To Team

In the operation of modern enterprises, the scale is becoming larger and larger. The industry is getting wider and wider, employing more and more employees. Of course, the environment and problems faced by them are becoming more and more complex.

Especially in the rise of project management, there are more and more personnel and departments involved in a project. Some even require employees to cooperate with each other, requiring upstream and downstream suppliers and customers to participate.

It is no longer a new thing for multinational companies to develop projects with talents from all over the world, such as Boeing 777, Airbus A380 and so on.

Faced with a lot of unforeseen problems, the complicated relationships are no longer competent by one superhero alone.

It is not about negating individual heroes, but the age of personal heroism is over.

Without a coherent team, a clear division of labor and orderly organization, we must face the rapidly changing environment and increasingly fierce competition.

The team is not a simple combination of casual groups.

Dulake, a management guru, once said, "the purpose of organization is to make ordinary people able to do extraordinary things."

Team concept emphasizes the overall interests and goals, and emphasizes the cohesive force of the organization.

Each person in the team develops the most potential around the common goal, and the manager's task is to create a positive and efficient working environment for his employees and help him (her) succeed.

The reason why teams can play the role of 1+1>2 is mainly because every member in the team can work together and share the same needs for the common purpose.

Wild goose is a natural collaborator.

We can't help marveling at their performance when we see the group of wild geese walking in unison.

Scientists found that flying geese in this form is 12% more than flying alone.

Because the wild goose in front opens the way, it helps the geese on both sides to form partial vacuum, thereby reducing the air resistance during flight.

More valuable, in the course of flight, the leader is not invariable, but will change leaders regularly.

According to statistics, in all the Nobel winning projects, more than 2/3 of the total success was achieved through collaboration.

In the first 25 years of the Nobel prize, 41% of the prizes were awarded for cooperation, but now they have risen to 80%.

In the past, managers gathered all kinds of power in one place and were careful everywhere. Big and small matters were counted by one person. It was time-consuming and laborious to manage, and the only job for employees was to obey orders, how leaders should do, and how employees should be responsible for the results.

Now, enterprises need teamwork. The power centered, top-down, hierarchical management has no longer adapted to the needs of the times. The roles of the upper and lower levels are changing radically, and the relationship between grades is more and more blurred.

In the team, there is no particular emphasis on power. Instead, it emphasizes the realization of the common goal with Motorola's "self commitment".

Managers are no longer centralised and dictators. They are gradually changing their roles to coaches, consultants, propellents, supporters and service providers, and at the same time, their management pressure is also reduced.

Employees are endowed with more rights, greater flexibility and wider space. He or she has the right to decide which way to complete the task without waiting for instructions from superiors.

Through teamwork, the position of employees in the enterprise is improved, employees' participation in decision-making is higher and higher, and their sense of responsibility and sense of belonging to enterprises are stronger and stronger.

Everyone actively participates in team work, consciously sharing pressure and difficulties, and greatly improves work efficiency and efficiency.

Obviously, employees in a proactive state of work are quite different from those created in passive obedience.

"Perfect individuals" do not exist, but building a "perfect team" is entirely possible.

The following suggestions will help you to build an excellent team and maintain its efficient operation.

A team should include people with different personalities and abilities, so that they can make full use of their respective characteristics to complement each other's advantages and ensure the realization of goals from no perspective.

In short, the more talented you are, the better your team will be.

A reasonable goal is determined.

The goal indicates the direction for the team. It should represent the will of the team and get the recognition of the majority of the members of the team.

He will play the helm for the team.

As a team leader, as an enterprise manager, one of your most important responsibilities is to keep the organization alive and ensure that the enterprise or team is always developing in one direction and never deviating from the goal.

It allows employees to make mistakes and correct them immediately.

No one will ever make mistakes. The key is to make all the staff of the team learn from mistakes and make them a fortune.

It takes full advantage of personal charisma.

Leaders should fully respect their individual differences, including their personality, beliefs, growth background, family background, values and needs.

You should have a broad mind and be able to accept your employees' opinions and suggestions.

We must not condescend to face an inviolable face at all times.

In addition, appropriate decentralization is also necessary.

Take good care of your mouth and hands, cut in and cut in.

As a team leader, you should control your desire to deliver speeches and manage your own affairs at the right time, so that you can have more opportunities and opportunities for your subordinates to participate.

You don't have to worry that employees will mess things up. He or she is not as fragile and incompetent as you think.

Everyone has great potential. If you give him (him) opportunities, you will gradually find that he (she) often does better than you expect.

We share key information and results with all employees.

This helps to enhance the centripetal force and initiative of the team, avoid unnecessary suspicion, and enable employees to feel their importance in the team and enhance their self-confidence.

Cultivate a team spirit.

The team relies on cohesion and collaboration to accomplish its goals, and emphasizes integrity.

As a team leader, you should try to make all team members go all out to achieve common goals.

If the team's personal heroism is too strong, even if the ability is strong, it may not make much contribution to the common goal.

The best way for individual heroism to override personal interests above the interests of the group is to ask him or her to leave honorably.

Donald, the former president of Ford Motor Company and the author of ABetterIdea:RedefiningtheWayAmericansWork, wrote in the book: "one of my valuable experiences in Ford motor company is that I believe that teamwork can greatly improve the performance of all the companies and organizations in the United States."

Is this an exception for Chinese companies for US companies?