I appreciated this perspective.
https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/cost-team-building-much-lower-not-having-team
- Celebrate success, even small success. This leads to strong teams.
- Show that you are a team player by asserting that you are the alpha dog, the leader, and then demand that everyone is treated equally and that no disputes are allowed to linger.
- Explain clearly and often where you want the team to go, what you want to achieve, and what lines people are not to cross.
- Involve everyone in the discussions but make it clear that you are the final decision-maker. This is not a democracy, after all.
- Never lose touch with the team, and always make sure members know you support them.
- Set mission-impossible goals. They stress the team in order to develop the team.
- Listen to your team. If they get the attention of your ears and brain, they know they are important and want to put even more effort into reaching common goals.
- Discuss problems but let the team members solve them. That empowers them.
- Thank them.
- Criticize them.
- Celebrate failures. It is the learning and boldness that matters. Without them, there is no team development.
- Hence, let them be bold.