Have you worked in a team where there is no trust and no interaction? If you do, you know how challenging and draining it could be. No one can progress and be successful if their seniors do not have trust in you and your team, they will not give any critical work to your team.
A team without a tie of trust is not a team, it is just like a group of stranger people working together, just acknowledging the names of each other. They may have conflicts and battles between them. They may not under the responsibility and might not coop others. It does not matter how talented a person is, but if one is not working with the team or does not have trust within, then he/she can’t reach the full potential for teamwork.
In this ar, article we would try to learn how trust plays an important role in teamwork as well as personal growth in our success. And how would someone build trust among the team? You can follow the aspects mentioned below that can help you to build a bond of trust in your team.
1. Setting Examples
You can set up an example within your team of any mutual goal done by some idol figure along with a team, which you want to achieve. As a team member, you can tell others what it's like to follow or to be like that idol, and motivate them to work together to achieve the same. As a team, we can be more creative or productive altogether than any other single person.
2. Communication is The Key
Proper communication is needed within a team. The communication gap leads to conflicts and one cannot trust his/ her team members. We should set up at least weekly meetings to discuss the problems faced by everyone. Discussing weaknesses, strengths, and giving feedback about the work done by the team should be the priority on the plate of meetings.
3. Understanding is Important
If you want to trust someone, you need to know the person both personally and professionally. One can make excuses about the problems and take leaves. But it should be the team members and mentor, who should need to know the authenticity behind it.
You can trust someone blindly, but you have to know the person's character and personal life before doing that. There should be interactive sessions upon this as many of them don’t like to share everything with others, and not everyone is an extrovert. Knowing a person inside out, professionally is important for working together.
4. Blaming is Not The Option
It’s in human nature not to accept faults and everyone plays blame games, be it professional, social, or personal life. One never accepts his/ her weakness or failure. They always blame someone else for the failure they face, which on a professional level, affects the whole team and impacts the trust among the team members. We have to learn to accept things even if it is a failure, weakness, strength, or success.
One should not blame anyone on the team. You can take help from others so that the mistakes won’t happen again. And as a team member also, if anyone fails in some assigned responsibility, it should be a team approach as well to keep him motivated and help him get through it so the bond remains unbiased.\
5. Discussing Issues
One can always discuss among the team about the issues faced, and what all we need to do for the problem to get fixed. It can be discussed in meetings officially or one can talk about it personally to some acquaintance or mentor. If you are facing a major problem, you can discuss with your team first and then let your senior know so there should not be any communication gap among anyone.
6. Open Up Towards Your Team
If you have trust within your team, you can share your problems as well and they could help you in that as well. However, trust is very essential to build a perfect team. It can make your team stronger and it also gives a sense of safety which makes your team comfortable and gives you the motivation to take more risks and critical work. Opening up towards your team members would be very helpful because, besides all the differences, a team goes together always.
The Bottom Line
Trust shows your character, as to how dominant, mysterious, hard-working, and connecting you are. It also reveals your ability to take risks and seriousness with your team. One can manage the workload with a team and can be more creative through collaboration with the ideas that others offer, and it makes a quite productive team. Nowadays, every organization works as a team, so the aspect of trust should be taken care of by each member involved.
Written By - Praveen Sharma
Edited By - Khushi Prajapati
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