Management
Notwithstanding, all feedback should be positive with set clear areas for development and opportunity to contribute to team success.
More importantly individual appraisal should be treated with the upmost confidence.
A controversial area is the bonus scheme. Exceptional performance should be recognised and rewarded, although one must be mindful how ‘exception’ is measured.
An individual monetary bonus may prove a personal motivating factor to the recipient but a psychological de-motivator to the remainder of the team, which did not receive it.
Many organizations are now rewarding team excellence, hence encouraging and reinforcing organization ethos through recognition of the collective effort.
To develop effective teams within the workplace is not a quick process and will take a great deal of leader effort and organizational investment.
Therefore it must be a priority to maintain the effectiveness of the team to support organisation growth and prosperity.
It is the team leader who holds this responsibility through clear and precise planning, constant monitoring and applying corrective action through contingencies.
Encouraging team feedback and employing a measurable appraisal system to improve and develop the individual to meet team objectives and the organizations goals can be considered critical to business success.
Gerwyn Harkett is an internationally experienced Training Consultant. He has worked within the UK Armed Forces, UK Ministry of Defence, Emirati Government Authority and UAE Vocational Education Institute.