I came across this 1928 article (anonymous) called ‘10 Ways to Kill a Team’. I smiled as a I read it and thought you’d enjoy:
- Don’t go to team meetings. Complain about the inconvenience of scheduling – place – time.
- If you do go, go late and offer a creative excuse. Do create distractions when arriving.
- If the weather doesn’t suit you, don’t even think of going. It’s not convenient anyway.
- If you attend, find subtle fault with the work of the team leader and team members.
- Never accept leadership as it is easier to criticise than to do things and take the heat.
- Get sore if you are not appointed to special teams, but if you are, don’t participate.
- If asked by the team leader for your opinion, don’t give it – complain after the meeting.
- Do the minimum, when others jump in to help, complain that a clique runs the team.
- Don’t pay your dues or coffee / birthday / anniversary fund collections, or pay very late.
- Don’t recruit new members, “Let George do it”. Complain about quality and production.
Do you know anyone who does these things?!
If any of these resonate then I would strongly urge you to look at your team and how to engage them in your business. One great way to do this is to get your team members to take a Talent Dynamics profile test. You can take the test here.
Julia Felton (aka The Business Wrangler) is the founder of Business HorsePower. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives hire her to accelerate their business performance by harnessing the energy of their people to work more collaboratively together. By aligning purpose with actions the team achieves exponential results as everyone starts pulling in the same direction.
Julia believes that business is a force for good and through designing purpose-driven businesses that leverage the laws of nature, and the herd, you can create businesses founded on the principles of connection, collaboration and community that make a significant impact in the world.
