When building a successful team you need to focus on the 6 C’s of team-building.
In this article, we will explore these essential components and how they can be applied to achieve synergy within your team.
1. Communication
Communication is the cornerstone of any successful team. It involves sharing ideas, feedback, and information openly and effectively. Without clear and consistent communication, misunderstandings can occur, leading to mistakes and a lack of trust.
To foster good communication within your team, consider regular meetings, open-door policies, and encouraging team members to express their thoughts and concerns.
Corporate team building days, such as the bespoke course we offer at How To Basically, can help foster an environment of positive communication by taking your team out of their usual workplace environment.
Allowing team members to communicate in a different environment on a team building activity can often encourage better communication when the team return to work. They will often have built better relationships that weren’t as concrete before, as well having a better understanding of what makes each other tick.
2. Collaboration
Collaboration is the act of working together towards a common goal. It’s important to encourage team members to collaborate, as this can lead to innovative solutions and better decision-making.
Team-building activities and projects that require everyone’s input can strengthen collaboration within your team. At How To Basically, we offer bespoke team building activities from our base in Sussex, where your team can come to learn every day life skills, such as painting, car maintenance and plumbing.
The time your team spend doing such activities can often result in better collaboration when they return to the workplace, due to the time spent collaborating and achieving together on their team building day.
3. Cooperation
Cooperation involves the willingness of team members to work together harmoniously. It means putting aside workplace politics and focusing on the collective goal.
To foster cooperation, leaders should emphasise the team’s shared mission and the importance of respecting each other’s opinions and contributions.
By ensuring your team have a shared goal where success or failure is down to each member of the team, you are placing the responsibility on each member to work with their colleagues to achieve better outcomes.
This should lead to better motivation and cooperation to ensure all aspects of the work is completed to the appropriate level.
4. Coordination
Coordination is about organising and synchronising team activities and tasks. This ensures that everyone is on the same page and that the team’s efforts are efficient.
Effective coordination can be achieved through tools and software that help manage tasks, schedules, and project timelines.A range of tools to help your team achieve this can be found on the Hubspot website.
But tasks also need to make the most out of every team member’s strengths, and a plan should be made to cover any skill gaps your team have. This can be done through training, both internally and externally.
5. Conflict resolution
Conflict is natural in any team. However, how conflicts are managed can determine a team’s success or failure. Encourage open and constructive discussions when conflicts arise.
And always ensure your team are solution focused. Training your team to think not just about the problem, but how they can solve it, helps team members to feel like everyone is pulling in the same direction – successful completion of a task, project or job!
In this regard, training team members in conflict resolution techniques can be highly beneficial in maintaining a harmonious team environment.Courses around conflict resolution can be found on the ACAS website here.
6. Celebration
Celebrating achievements and milestones is often overlooked but vital for team morale. Recognising and rewarding the hard work and dedication of team members can boost motivation and create a positive atmosphere.
Consider regular team celebrations, individual recognition, and incentives to keep the team motivated and engaged.
To apply these principles effectively, it’s essential to understand your team’s dynamics and unique challenges. Remember that team-building is an ongoing process, and investing time and effort into developing your team will lead to long-term success.
And remember, whilst some members of your team may mock the processes put in place at first, they’re less likely to feel negatively about the celebration of success if they are the ones being celebrated.
Just make sure that those celebrations happen company wide, across a range of jobs and tasks, no matter how big and small. If employees feel that it’s the same staff members being celebrated every time, you could quickly demotivate them.
Conclusion
The 6 C’s of team-building – Communication, Collaboration, Cooperation, Coordination, Conflict Resolution, and Celebration – are the building blocks of a successful and cohesive team.
By focusing on these principles and nurturing them within your team, you can create a work environment that fosters trust, productivity, and innovation. Embrace the 6 C’s, and watch your team thrive.
And remember, for those teams based in the Sussex area, our bespoke corporate team building days at our workshop can be built around encouraging each of the 6 Cs.
If you want more information about these team building days, and you want to discuss how to build the 6 Cs into a corporate team building day with us, then learn more on our corporate team building page.
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