How To Build A Strong & SMART TEAM: TS Darbari Explains

In this blog, Mr. TS Darbari explains how to build a strong team. Mr. TS Darbari believes that a strong team is the foundation of a successful business. He further says that your business can be small or huge, what really matters is the trust and relationship among your team members that make each and every goal easy to achieve. Therefore, Mr. TS Darbari stresses on building a strong team.
However, Mr. TS Darbari also mentions that it is not an easy deal to create a strong team that believes in the same goal. The task is herculean and lot of efforts are essential for the success of this goal. Even if you achieve this goal, there is another big task that you must accomplish successfully. The task is to create this team full of smart and intelligent people who can understand the business requirements.
Mr. TS Darbari mentions a recent Harvard Business Review article by authors Cass Sunstein and Reid Hastie where they discuss research illustrating the two main reasons why teams go awry.

Mr. TS Darbari says that the authors mention two reasons:
(i) Incorrect informational signals (ii) The second reason is reputational pressures
Mr. TS Darbari mentions the following steps to build a strong and smart team:
1. Trust Building: Building trust among the team members is the first requisite to build a strong and smart team.
2. Balance Between Friendly and Professional Relation: Mr. TS Darbari says that we all know whom do we trust. We trust the people we know; the people whom we understand and have good relations with them. Therefore, it is necessary that the team members should have healthy, friendly and cordial relations. However, we must not forget that relations more friendly than required may become a headache. Therefore, a thin line must be maintained between the friendly and professional relations so that no one crosses the limit. A strategic approach is essential for succeeding in this goal.
3. Behavioral Profiling: Team members should feel secure about showing their weaknesses, making mistakes and sharing their fears. Individuals need to understand each other in a way that allows them to appreciate the unique contributions each team member brings. One way to achieve this is by engaging the team in a behavioral profiling exercise.
4. Deciding Roles: Mr. TS Darbari says that roles should be defined properly in order to avoid the possibilities of any dispute and awkward situation. It also does not allow people to intervene in team members in each others’ tasks.
5. Identify The Strengths of Each Individual: Mr. TS Darbari says that it is the responsibility of the leader to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each team member. It helps leverage the strengths of the individual members in effective ways.