Improve Your Skills through Office Politics
Work Politics in certain cases can also develop inner skills of an individual. Let us find out how office politics sometimes can also help individuals hone their skills: An individual indulges in politics when he is not secure about his job. He tries his level best to tarnish the reputation of his fellow worker and […]
How Margins Are Calculated Using Value at Risk (VaR)
There are many organizations in the world that have billions of dollars invested in the financial markets. Most of these organizations provide financial services. However, a lot of other cash-rich companies also have a lot of money invested both in the cash as well as the derivative segments. Hence, these companies face the risk that […]
Understanding Communication and the Communication Process
Lisa works as a Brand Executive with a reputed multinational firm. She was asked to deliver a presentation on her assignments and achievements. Her appraisal was due that month, and she did not get her promotion. No points for guessing, her presentation played the culprit. Her thoughts were not at all clear and she could […]
How to Identify Operational Risks
In the previous article, we discussed about the top-down and bottom-up approach which has been created to identify risks. In this article, we will provide an alternate approach. This approach is similar to the bottom-up approach in that it uses process maps to identify risks. However, the way that they look at the process maps […]
Benefits of Organizational Diversity
Why do you think an individual is recruited? Is it because he/she is qualified enough to do justice to a particular role or he/she belongs to the religion you belong? The answer is very simple. Obviously an individual is hired because the company feels that he/she can contribute to his/her level best towards achieving organization […]
Having goals or a clear purpose is important to each of us. In fact, people who set goals are always more successful than the others.
For leaders who are serious about setting goals, some things are to be kept in mind. These goals need to be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and with Timelines. Besides, for any organization, goals should also be expressed positively. And for a team, goals need to be personalized for each member of the team. All these goals should be put in writing, where you as well as the team can see them often.
Once you sit down with your team and set some goals, it can be very useful to develop some kind of action plan for accomplishing that goal.
The ability to really listen is a highly important skill. Each team member has to have it. Listening lets you understand what the other person is saying. Besides, it shows the other person that you’re interested in what he/she has to say. But all of us experience common listening problems.
We tend to let our attention wander. Our mind drifts away. We start thinking about the time, or other tasks at hand. This way we lose our concentration.
We miss the real point of what is being said. We may end up focusing on the personality of the speaker. Else we may let our judgment of the person based on past experiences come in the way. Or, we may be trying hard to look for hidden messages and lose out on the crux of the conversation.
Our emotions interfere with our judgment. This takes away our focus from what is being said. Our judgment of the person interferes with our understanding of what is being said.
We tend to interrupt and step on the statements of others. This way we don’t listen to what is being said. Besides, there is a tendency to think ahead to what we want to say next and miss out on what’s being said right now. It is important to use the steps of active listening in order to be a good listener.
There are many facets of building an effective team. Having an informal atmosphere as well as listening skills are some of them.
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Common Barriers to the Successful Functioning of High-Performing Teams
February 12, 2025
