SteveYi
A solution to maximum productivity in any initiative is team excellence. Without everyone being on board with a common vision of the project, smooth progress will be constantly interrupted. Low morale and quality will be a problem. Productivity will be dismal.
However, by instilling excellence in the minds of each individual team member you will go a long way in maximizing production and reaching the mountain top of your industry.
Excellence is contagious. When one or more members demonstrate the spirit of excellence other members embrace such spirit and become like minded.
Advantages of Team Excellence
Team Excellence has several advantages. First there is maximum productivity. Individuals who agree and who are excited about a project will maximize their knowledge and skills to effectively accomplish goals.
Second, when a project is done to the complete satisfaction of a customer, you will not only impress the customer but will also impress others whom that customer is connected to. Word of mouth is like a fire that consumes everything in its path.
Customers will begin to adopt your service. You will find that you are gaining some of the market share from competitors. Excellent service is contagious.
Third, team excellence will eventually lead to increased revenue. The more people discover the quality of your service or craftsmanship, they will flock to you with money and checks. Companies that thrive know how to please customers and as a result, sales increase substantially.
Team excellence builds trust among individual members. On any given project there is trust that each team member will do his or her best to produce the greatest outcome. All conflicts are confronted, discussed, and resolved.
One Hundred Percent Committed
Excellent minded teams’ members approach every project with the same intent. There are no ups and downs in their work ethic. No matter what the project or how small it may be, each team member is committed to giving the customer the best service possible.
This attitude is what makes a company rise to the top of its industry. Everybody is committed to protecting the reputation of the company by accepting nothing less than superior quality at all levels of production.
Teams excellence means that each team member is a top performer. What makes them a top performer is the qualities that he or she embraces.
Clear Purpose
Top performers have clear purpose when it comes to their responsibility. This purpose is what motivates and drives them to complete a project. No one has achieved excellence without a clear purpose. Great athletes, teachers, entrepreneurs, and other movers and shakers rose to stardom and fame because of the intensity and clarity of their purpose.
Often the purpose is conceived at an early age and become rooted and grounded with each passing day, week, month, and year. All distractions are set aside, looking forward to the day when the dream is fulfilled.
Enthusiasm
Top performers sparkle with enthusiasm. They are anxious to get started and rarely runs out of energy when work gets tough. They accept setbacks as learning opportunities and steppingstones toward greater success.
That is why we love those who rise to the top. Their work is not work at all. It is an opportunity for them to have fun at doing what they do best.
Embraces Challenges
Whoever heard of a top performer running away from a challenge? Such notion is an embarrassment to all achievers. If a team member is afraid to tackle new things, he will be the weakest link on a strong project team. Such individual needs to be allowed to make mistakes and encouraged into a state of confidence.
Great men and women embrace challenges throughout their careers. They understand that they cannot effectively keep up their game without facing every fear and overcoming it without reservation.
Sense of Ownership
Top performers refuse to acknowledge that they work for someone else. Instead, they have a sense of ownership when it comes to representing their company and fulfilling the vision. They are their boss’s best friends.
Individuals with a sense of ownership have as much passion about getting things done as that of managers and CEOs.
If you have a sense of ownership, you will want to see the smooth operation of your business at every level. You will want to please the customer to the utmost and as a result, increase your customer base. You will also desire to grow the company’s revenue as well as become one of the top company’s in the industry.
Intolerance of Mediocrity
Quality is priority to top performers. Doing a half ass job is a disgrace. Contentment with mediocrity is an insult to greatness. People who excel beyond what is acceptable are the ones who stand out from the crowd.
Highly performing organizations, including Google and Amazon are leading in their perspective industries due to their intolerance for mediocrity. They were willing to go the extra mile at every level of their organization.
Their goal is to give the customer the greatest experience possible, outshining the competition in every way, and as a result, won the greatest share of the marketplace.
Dedicated to Excellence
The opposite of mediocrity is excellence. Top performers who are dedicated to excellence will help accelerate their company’s rise to superiority in the industry. Individuals who fall shot of such mindset do not belong to this magnificent club.
Great athletes thrill us with skills that were shaped in excellence. Outstanding song artist memorizes us with iconic lyrics that touches the hearts of every generation. Exceptional actors intrigue us with performances that capture Oscars over the course of their careers. Dedication to excellence is the driving force of all such accomplishments.
“Aspire greatly, anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes and acceptance of mediocrity,” quotes Brain Tracy.
Team Spirit
Team Spirit and team excellence are an unconquerable pair. A combination of skill, ability, talent, and passion makes a team unstoppable. Such teams are the hallmark of Fortune 500 companies that become case studies for others to imitate.
Great teams care about one another. The enjoy the energy and spirit of working together to accomplish whatever project or assignment that is in demand.
The Selection Process
To build team excellence, the job of a manager or recruiter is to select individuals with the above qualities, or to provide the training and education necessary to develop such qualities in individual team members.
The time it takes to build excellency in a team will depend on its willingness to bond into a force of unity and strength. Members must be determined to not allow such temptations as fear, jealousy, personal agendas, power struggles, and selfish ambition interfere with the common visions and responsibilities of the team to perform excellently and to maximize productivity on all levels.
