Designing Business Practices For Synchronization - Workplace ...

Like a team of Olympic swimmers, the synchronization of your business practices requires a firm set of values and procedures. It starts with trust, communication, teamwork, and goals.

Central to any synchronized business practice is a strong organizational core. Look at a synchronized swimming team, and you'll see a core group of veteran leaders, along with younger up-and-comers and a few substitutes. They all follow subtle signs and cues that make the whole routine run smoothly.

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Trust

A well-organized core makes any activity look easy and effortless. Such a performance is not talent or luck?it requires years of practice and hard work.

A successful business requires? like an Olympic team?that only the most highly motivated and talented individuals make the cut.

• A strong organizational core requires diversity. Team members come from all walks of life and have different salary ranges, but can mesh together into a well-oiled machine.

Communication

Communication is vital:

• Communication means keeping team members informed about individual and team progress, leaving your door open to hear concerns, and encouraging your team to constantly improve their performances.
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• Open communication breeds trust, which is crucial for every type of synchronization.

A synchronized business practice creates and relies on clear organizational values and goals. Every team member must understand what needs to be done, and why it needs to happen.

Teamwork

Olympics teams have goals like winning the gold, performing a personal best, or simply not embarassing themselves against the world's elite. Your business goals can be as diverse as your company wants. For example, while one business might want to gross or net a certain amount of money, another might focus exclusively on subscriptions or production, and another might only be concerned with recruiting the best people?the rest will come later.

• No matter what your organizational goals are, having every team member understand what they are will help you to fulfill them.
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• Put your company values where your employees can see them.
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• Provide incentives to encourage your company goals and values to be followed in both the short- and the long-term. Incentives like commissions, drinks, or vacations can boost motivation and productivity. Your team will be happier, healthier and more flexible about reaching your goals.
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• Issue periodic reminders about how your team is progressing toward fulfilling your company goals.
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Goals

Synchronizing your business practices means leveraging personal goals to meet team objectives. An Olympics team is much more likely to meet the team goal of winning a gold medal if those are personal goals for all of its members, too. Leadership and coaching can emphasize the importance of working towards team objectives. Your business practice can do the same.

• You will be most successful as an HR manager when you recruit employees who have personal goals that align with your company goals.
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• Synchronizing personal goals with company goals can help your business expand at all levels.

Operate your business like an Olympics team by synchronizing as many operations as possible, and watch as your team earns the gold.

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This is the last of our posts in celebration of the 2012 summer Olympics. Enjoy some of the other 10 posts in this series:

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Source: http://blog.tribehr.com/bid/131788/Designing-Business-Practices-For-Synchronization

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