Assembling a quality team is an incredibly long and difficult process. 
It is all about detail from developing a job requisition, all the way through training each of your new hires.
Now that you have everyone in-house, the real fun begins. How can you get a group of people with varied interests and experiences to work well together? How do you get them to work at their personal best?
In the end, there is not one way to accomplish this. However, there are some common elements. If your method addresses a portion of each of these, you are on the right track.
- Develop Trust - Your employees need to have trust in the company and trust in their superiors. They need to know that you are leading them in the right direction and that you are the knowledgable authority in the area they are working. Employees want to know that you are looking out for their best interests and that when called upon, the leadership will be there for support.
- Provide a Sense of Ownership - The worst thing to feel, as an employee, is that you are just a number. If they do not feel that the company is invested in them, the employees will not trully invest themsleves into the company. Trust your employees to do the job you hired them to do and when appropriate, give them even more. Believing in them to do more, will help them develop the belief in themsleves that they are capable of more.
- Listen - This one goes along with developing trust and creating a sense of ownership but it is so important I thought it deserved it's own bullet point. Neither of the above points can be accomplished without listening to your employees. By Trully listening to their ideas, you will be surprised of the insight that they provide and as a bonus you have developed an even greater amount of trust with them.
- Be a Leader, Not a Boss - I saw this great graphic the other day that depicted the difference between leading and bossing. This concept is pretty self explanatory, especially looking at the graphic.
This is not the end all be all list for success. These are mere observations from our experiences. In the end, I hope it starts a discussion. Do you have any more to add? Share them below.
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