RE: UKNM: Teambuilding in a dot.com

[Mary Loosemore]

Tim


A few techniques i've seen work in  a business team which grew from 5 to 30

in 6 months:

a. weekly end of the week round up - informal, over beer and crisps (how old

labour) - where everyone tells their colleagues what they've been up to.

Keep hierarchy to a minimum - your receptionist's work is as valuable to

your business as you CTO's.

We had a "stop the week" award too for someone who's gone beyond the call of

duty, or done something particularly impressive - just an A4 DIY

certificate, but it mattered!

b. when you have any "all-hands" activities/ events, make sure that everyone

feels able to contribute - don't let the "leader" types / personnel

dominate. One of the real values in team building is getting to know the

person behind the job title/function.

c. going out and getting drunk together!


I'd say most of the techniques used in trad Cos are just as relevant and

effective in dot.com. Where I imagine you may need dot.com specific tactics

is if your team has a lot of relatively young/inexperienced people in it,

and also to account for the fact that certain types of characters will find

working in a dot.com more attractive than working in TradCo.


An excellent team culture/cohesiveness can be destroyed by a single person.

Get someone to do personality profiling (myers-Briggs?) on your current team

and identify where you have gaps, and look to bring on board a team member

with those characterisitcs. It's extremely powerful. Knowing what makes your

colleagues tick and what makes them fume - whether it be in how you present

information to them, or how you ask for their input - means you can get the

best out of one another.


Any team building activity needs to be backed up with enthusiastic and

evident support from your CEO.


If you want to pick a professional's brains on this, I can put in touch with

the guy who has been handling this kind of change management for 30 years -

and is excellent.


Mary



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I would very much appreciate hear your views on the following topics:


1.	Techniques/tips you would suggest to maintain team cohesiveness

despite rapid company growth.

2.	Whether team building in a dot.com differs from a traditional bricks

and mortar company not subject to rapid growth or change

3.	How does good team working and team culture make a difference to

your

business (some examples would be really helpful).

4.	Scenario: A new team is to be formed to complete a project, what

qualities do you look for in an individual who might join the team,  are

there

any specific team activities you would employ to get the team to reach high

performance quickly.


Thanks


Tim McGuire

Freelance Journalist

Tel/Fax 0207 900 2563

Mobile 07803 173365



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