Let’s compare wrestling and dancing.  Both require energy.  Both typically involve two people.  Both involve close contact. 

Wrestling wears you out.  It is filled with struggle, resistance, and dominance.  It is characterized by sometimes violent and aggressive movement designed to bring the competitor into submission.  It is definitely a win: lose sport – for one to win, he must defeat the other.

Dancing on the other hand is energizing and fun.  As one person leads another, together they produce a beautiful expression of grace and cooperation.  There is a mutual submission and cooperation with the goal of communicating affection and friendship.  The goal is to lead and follow and flow together.  In a great dance, both partners win!

The question I want to ask (great coaches ask great questions) is this:  Are you dancing or wrestling with your partners, managers, and employees?  Are you trying to dominate, control and win, or are you leading them to create a beautiful win: win scenario?  Are the emotions often violent, hurtful and aggressive, or filled with enjoyment, fun, and cooperation.

A lot of people in small business feel it is impossible to create such a harmonious scenario. A basic business coaching concept that we teach to our clients is to manage “agreements” not people. This means that first of all you have to have tight “rules of the game” for  your company as well as what we call “positional descriptions” for employees, which outline what is expected of them and the repercussions of not meeting those expectations. These “job-descriptions” can be discussed and modified, within limits, with each team member so that you can both come to an agreement. But once you have that agreement in place, stick to it. If you laid out that coming in late 2 times in a one month period means taking a one week unpaid “vacation,” then make sure you enforce that strictly when it occurs. This communicates that you can be flexible when making agreements, but that you stick to those agreements once they are made. Believe it or not, employees will often appreciate this just as much as the owner because they know where the lines are drawn.

It is your business, your career, and your job, your team, and your choice.  If you are tired of wrestling, I would love to teach you even more specifically how to dance with your team.  Give us a call and consider team building coaching. Let’s get started!

Improve your team and yourself…ask Ohio Business Coach, Ralph Berge 440.838.0991

Remember we learn from mistakes and teams must be given an opportunity to try new ideas without admonishment for mistakes. Instead, a failure should be an opportunity to gain knowledge and to praise any safe-guards which were included in the plan. Give Ralph Berge a call (440.838.0991) for more on executive team building and team building coaching.

 Remember we learn from mistakes and teams must be given an opportunity to try new ideas without admonishment for mistakes. Instead, a failure should be an opportunity to gain knowledge and to praise any safe-guards which were included in the plan. Give Ralph Berge a call (440.838.0991) for more on executive team building and team building coaching.

The 1st step anyone will want to find out about how to build effective teams is communication. Communication be the basis of all other things you do. It is also the basis of Team Building Coaching.Without this it will be very difficult to move ahead in related areas.

Next you must know about teaching your team to think smarter. This is important to your success. The use of this in conjunction with effective communicaation should help you get much better results.

Keep in mind that there are possible difficulties you could find challenging as you do more. As an example, you may be challenged by your team’s inability to accept change and that can slow you down. Just don’t let that stop you. You must continue working at improving to develop the skills you need to manage change in your organization.

The third thing is just about the building team trust. Not learning about this could have a negative effect on your team affect its productivity in a big way. Many people have difficulty with change, which impact team trust. Finding ways to counteract this must be a part of your Strategic Business Plan.

If you want to be sure about it, you must start to learn varied aspects of the topic. Visiting lots of differnet Web communities can give you great knowledge of all the details of the issue. For example, you can go out on the Web and get to know the topic better by reading in depth pages that cover build effective teams and maybe you can review the relevant subjects concerning team dynamics. Consider outside help such as business coaching By learning the ins and outs of the topic grasping so you can prepare your team change. Building effective teams is not easy. But it is critical to the successs of your company.

Remember we learn from mistakes and teams must be given an opportunity to try new ideas without admonishment for mistakes. Instead, a failure should be an opportunity to gain knowledge and to praise any safe-guards which were included in the plan. Give me a call for more on executive team building and team building coaching.