Building a stronger connection with your team is essential for business success. Maintaining connection is especially important to strengthen cohesion as more teams work remotely or hybrid.
The benefits of a strong connection with your team include:
- Sense of community within the workplace
- Employee feelings of value and support
- High employee engagement
- Positive impact on employee well-being
- Strong teammate connections
- Greater collaboration
- Increased productivity
- Improved job satisfaction
- Elevated performance
- Ongoing innovation
- Higher employee attraction and retention
- Stronger bottom line
Implement these three methods to build a stronger connection with your team.
1. Openly Communicate with Your Team
Check-in weekly with each of your team members. Encourage them to share their thoughts, questions, and concerns. Also, ask follow-up questions and restate what you heard to ensure you understand the messages and can respond appropriately. These activities help your team feel heard, valued, and respected.
Strengthen problem-solving
Encourage your team members to share their ideas and perspectives to solve company problems. Also, let your team develop and implement the ideas with the most potential. These activities support employee engagement, collaboration, and productivity.
Provide constructive feedback
Regularly provide constructive feedback to each team member. Include specific examples of what they are doing well, what could improve, and steps to do better. Implementing feedback strengthens employee engagement, productivity, and performance.
2. Encourage Transparency Within Your Team
Build a culture of transparency to encourage trust and collaboration within your team:
- Be honest and direct when discussing company news and how it impacts your team.
- Share information about your team’s goals, challenges, progress, and relevance to the company’s strategic plan.
- Provide an open-door policy for your team to openly discuss any issues and concerns.
- Follow through on your commitments.
3. Provide Team Recognition and Rewards
Recognize and reward your team members for their contributions. Include specific actions taken, the results, and the impact on the organization. Also, provide a bonus, pay increase, or promotion when appropriate. These activities help build trust, support, and productivity among your team.
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