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Chinese characters are broad and profound , Many times we can understand the meaning of a word more vividly through word splitting . such as “ The team ” Two words of this word " group " and “ team ” Looking at it alone also means an organization composed of many people .

Do the word splitting again “ mouth ”+“ only ” and “ ear ”+“ people ”. The former means that if a person has no rules to restrict , Let it play freely , Then you can't form a “ group ”, Still fighting alone . Encourage division of labor and cooperation nowadays , In order to give full play to their comparative advantages , You can't do anything alone . the latter “ ear ”+“ people ” It means that if people can't follow the unified command , Then you can't be an orderly “ team ”.

therefore ,“ The team ” This word means ： No matter how good the talent is, it also needs rules , No matter how awesome people are, they also need to follow the unified command , To form a “ The team ”.

As a team Leader, The construction of the team is naturally inseparable from the above , But no matter what you do, it's all about “ people ” Unfolding . So I think we should do a good job in team building , The main thing is to do the following four things well ：

1. look for sb.

2. Of choose and employ persons

3. Cultivate people

4. Keep people

/01  look for sb. /

Ideally , We must all want to find people who are excellent in all aspects , But this is not reality , Especially as the number of teams increases, it becomes more impossible , Because people who are excellent in all aspects are rare .

So we are in the formation of the team , We should also give full play to our respective comparative advantages to find , Find someone who is particularly outstanding in some aspects , Then they can complement each other , Form a team that is excellent in all aspects .

The ability in the figure refers not only to professional skills , It also includes some people's soft skills and basic qualities . such as , Some people are meticulous but need to spend a lot of time preparing , While some people do things with poor quality , But he has the agile idea of continuous improvement , Can make one thing faster run get up . People in the team who have these two working styles at the same time are also complementary .

When we are looking for specific people , Most of them are through screening resumes 、 Interview this way . Basically, only one person can be seen in this way “ Iceberg surface ” Things on , quite a lot “ Under the iceberg ” The character of the 、 Self cognition 、 Motivation and other things that represent potential are difficult to identify comprehensively .

We can use more questions to stimulate their memories , And open questions to elicit candidates as much as possible “ Under the iceberg ” Things that are . My own way is to have a set of interview question templates aimed at these two directions , This template will be iterated from time to time according to the effect of the interview .

in addition , I will pay special attention to whether a person is optimistic in the interview , I hope the optimistic people in my team account for the majority . Because everyone is doing something challenging together , There are bound to be difficulties , Get into trouble , At this time, optimistic people are more likely to infect others , So that everyone can stick to the day of victory .

Interview is a two-way choice , Many candidates who feel good , Finally, I didn't choose what you gave offer, Go deep into the reason , In fact, it's because you can't describe what you want to do in the future sufficiently touching . So each Leader We should make the best of our existing products and businesses , Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to have a deep enough understanding of what your opponent is going to do . Therefore, it is impossible to describe the development space and opportunities in the future , Achieve the effect of building nests and attracting Phoenix .

/02  Of choose and employ persons /

It's not difficult to employ people , But it's hard to use good people . The key to using good people is to empower and motivate , Whether it's empowerment or motivation , All need to be built on the basis of team trust , Otherwise, everything will lose its meaning and effect .

In my opinion, building trust depends on the following four aspects ：

• leadership

• Team member growth

• Into the team

• The meaning of work

First , I think the main characteristics of leadership are ：

• The good faith . The promises given to the team members must be fulfilled , Don't just give pie . The establishment of honesty needs accumulation , But it only needs one breach of faith to destroy it .

• Confident and optimistic . I also mentioned why I value optimism so much , As a manager, if you are not optimistic , Then it's basically difficult to do things well , Make excellent products .

• Make oneself an example . one should not impose on others what he himself does not desire , Not through forced intervention to lead everyone to do things , But through the influence of practice .

• Dare to take responsibility . In the process of development , There will be many problems that need to be decided . Dare to make decisions , If something goes wrong , Try your best to deal with the aftermath , But the responsibility must be borne , If you shift the responsibility to others , It will push others' trust in you .

secondly , About team member growth . I think the normal way to use it is to use the tutorial system , Let each new member take it with him or her after he or she enters the post . This can not only quickly improve the knowledge accumulation of newcomers , It also provides a way to integrate into the team .

in addition , We can also encourage sharing , The value of sharing is not only in the specific content of sharing , And it conveys an idea 、 sense of worth . Every time you make a share , Whether it's a formal speech , Or improvise when chatting , There is a reason why these contents come out of your mind , This root actually reflects everyone's idea of doing things 、 sense of worth . After sharing more in the team , Your ideas and values will slowly align , It is more conducive to forming a joint force to accomplish a thing . Of course , People with different ideas will naturally leave the team .

then , In addition to the tutor system, integrating into the team , We can also use morning meetings like this , Technical review meetings and other ways to move the communication that could have been carried out through instant chat tools to face-to-face communication . This will not only make the alignment of information more sufficient , It also provides a way to integrate into the team , Although it may take more time .

in addition ,Leader You can also create more conditions for non work communication , Afternoon tea , Dinner party , Travel or something .

The last point is that the significance of work can easily be ignored , But it's important , It will also affect the follow-up 「 Keep people 」 problem .

in my opinion , Work makes sense = There are benefits + Sense of achievement . The former is material gain , Ten thousand words are omitted here . My understanding of the latter is ： Create value for others . The value is divided into , The value that can be created now + The value to be created in the future .

That is to say , As an employee , The more value I can create by working here , The more I feel fulfilled , It will be more motivated to do things better .

Relative ,“ Work makes sense = There are benefits + Sense of achievement ” It can also be understood in another way , If we receive less sense of achievement in our work , Then the greater the willingness to obtain material benefits .

/03  Cultivate people /

Cultivation is divided into three aspects ： knowledge 、 Skill 、 State of mind .

Cultivation of knowledge and skills , One method is particularly effective , That is, regular job rotation , When a person is familiar with a field , Just arrange him to work in another field , So as to improve knowledge and skills at the same time . This is also conducive to improving the flexibility of the whole team and personnel turnover risk .

besides , Another way is to encourage everyone to break the departmentalism , I often draw the following picture for my friends . If each of us is a board in a barrel , If everyone has egotism , Then the splicing of two pieces of wood is only in perfect design + Only under the premise of achieving perfection can there be no water leakage , But if everyone breaks some boundaries , All the cracks in the boundary are covered , Then the overall result will be better .

This logic is also applicable in our software programming , At the joint of the two fields , Everyone should think more , The stability of the system will be better .

Cultivation of mentality , I think I need Leader More use 1 Yes 1 Ways of communication , I usually keep it at least once a quarter or half a year （ It depends on the size of the team ）, This does not include quarterly performance interviews .1 Yes 1 The way of communication will make people feel more comfortable , Can talk more deeply . In the process Leader Try to identify the real needs of the team members , The real difficulties faced , Then give your own views and solutions .

/04  Keep people /

As a manager , Most people will associate ,“ management ” staff ,“ management ” Team members and so on . It's not , I think the right way to treat team members is “ be responsible for ”, If there is no responsible heart , In fact, it is difficult to do the second point mentioned above 「 Of choose and employ persons 」 And the third point 「 Cultivate people 」. Although you are not deliberately “ management ”, But I believe outsiders will think your team is well managed .

Okay , Let's talk so much today , To sum up .

Z Brother believes that team building is mainly about four things .

• look for sb. . The important thing is to find complementary people 、 Judge the personal potential under the iceberg 、 Describe attractive future plans .

• Of choose and employ persons . Build leadership 、 Pay attention to the growth of team members 、 Help members integrate into the team 、 Derive the meaning of the work

• Cultivate people . There are three aspects ： knowledge 、 Skill 、 State of mind .

• Keep people . With “ be responsible for ” The heart of .

Hope to inspire you .

Team building is a slow job , It needs continuous and careful operation .

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