Organizations are finding it increasingly challenging to raise or maintain team collaboration within a department across the workplace. The challenge is getting team members to know each other better, have team members thrive on each other for success, and increase communication within departments and employees. There are steps that a leader is ought to take to improve on strengthen cohesion and team performance.

1. The team’s code of conduct; Get your team to discuss and produce a code of conduct. These should be guidelines in terms of how you communicate internally and externally, meeting management, problem-solving, crisis management and any other work-related components your team might dim fit to appear on this list. The code of conduct must briefly spell out what to do, in what sort of situation.
2. Focus on strengths more; It is not possible to have a team without flaws. You will have people with great talents and skills and also with strange weaknesses. But if you want them to grow as a team then it is possible by focusing on their strengths and not weaknesses. The reason is simple. What you focus upon will eventually grow and this is true vice-versa as well. What you want to grow simply shift your focus on that.
3. Communication; Communication makes or breaks teams. Whenever there is a communication vacuum, team members will fill it with whatever sort of emotions, rumors, and suspense. This causes bad energy in the team and usually creates cliques. Allow open communication as a leader, take and give feedback with a good heart, challenge in private and celebrate people’s achievements in public. Most importantly, keep your team updated especially whenever there are changes.

Team building is an ongoing process. It doesn’t start and stop at the workplace. A human being is not a machine and it is imperative to have a holistic approach whenever dealing with your colleagues. Get time to brainstorm or retreat as a team and make it known that change won’t happen overnight but rather gradually. CONTINUE TEAM BUILDING.