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Tips & Advice
Do you ever feel that your team’s performance is below par? Ever feel that, some days, you’re paying people just to turn up to work? You’re not alone. According to our recent Quick Poll, the majority of our respondents put their team’s productivity at 40% of its potential! Use these Top 10 Tips to Raise Performance.
Top 10 Tips to Raise Performance
- Find out exactly what’s holding you back with Reflection Consulting’s unique Teamwork MOT.
- Match the person to the role - we are all much more productive when we are doing a job that calls on our strengths and provides a sense of achievement.
- Be clear about your expectations - everything from timekeeping, to language, behaviour, personal calls and internet use.
- Re-visit your team’s job descriptions. Is this a fair reflection of the job they are doing, or has this evolved into something quite different? (consult your HR support before you make any changes).
- Set good quality targets and monitor progress. Celebrate success and offer support when things start to slip.
- Give promising staff a mini-promotion. Ask them to head up a special project team, chair a meeting, cover for a more senior colleague, or act as mentor.
- Don’t have all the answers. Even if you think you know what’s best, ask your team for their suggestions and ideas. Fresh thinking never hurt and it gives a sense of ownership to the wider business.
- Manage people in and out of the business. Provide excellent inductions for new team members as well as supported, structured departures for those who are leaving.
- Along with annual appraisals, conduct 360-degree profiles on your entire team to demonstrate how they are perceived by colleagues, customers and management.
- Focus forward. Don’t ponder on what’s gone before, learn the lessons and move on.
Reflection Consulting’s Teamwork Specialist service will help with all aspects of team performance. Whether you’re being held back by high staff turnover, personality clashes, lack of enthusiasm or something more mysterious, we have the skills and tools to help.
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