As a leader, I believe that you are only as good as the team that surrounds you. After all, you can’t do it all yourself. As Vince Lombardi once said, "Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."
作为领导者，我相信你和周围的团队一样出色。毕竟，你无法自己去完成所有的工作。正如文斯·隆巴迪曾经说过的那样-“个人对团队努力的承诺-这构成了团队合作、公司合作、社会合作和文明合作。”
Teamwork is critically important. In fact, research shows that 97 percent of employees and executives believe lack of alignment within a team impacts the outcome of a task or project. So what can you do? Simply focus more on making sure your teams are effective.
团队合作，至关重要。实际上，研究表明，97％的员工和高管认为团队内部缺乏一致性会影响任务或者项目的结果。你能做什么？答案是，仅仅是将更多精力放在确保团队的高效上。
Here are six tools for building effective teams.
以下是创建高效团队的6个工具。
1
Interview and hire well.面试和录用
The team is only as good as their respective parts. To be blunt, I meet many leaders across the country who are not skilled at interviewing. Two aspects that will immediately improve your interviewing results are having a comprehensive interview process that includes at least three interviews and asking open-ended questions to uncover skills, competencies, and attitudes.
团队和其各自的成员差不多。直言不讳，我遇到了全国许多不擅长面试的领导者。有两个方面可以立即改善面试结果，一个全面的面试过程包括至少3个面试，并提出开放性问题，以发现技能、能力和态度。
When you interview a candidate multiple times, they are less likely to fool you in the interview. Your goal before hiring is to get past the façade and find out who the candidate really is and if they are a fit for your organization.
多次面试某位候选人时，他们不太可能在面试中欺骗你。招聘之前，目标是超越门面，找出候选人的真实情况，以及他们是否适合你所在的组织。
2
Have an orientation.要有定位
In my mind, orientation should be a process, not just a class. Design a 60-day process where new team members feel welcome, learn their job responsibilities and get to know other team members. Years ago, I worked for a company and on my first day of employment, my boss was out of town and no one knew I was starting. I see many cases where there is no orientation for new team members. Many times new employees are told, “I am going to have you just follow Frederica around for a week.” Orientation should be on purpose, not accidental. Make a concerted effort to make new team members feel welcome immediately after hiring them.
在我看来，定位应该是一个过程，而不仅是一个课堂。设计一个60天的流程，新团队成员会受到欢迎，了解他们的工作职责，并结识其他的团队成员。几年前，我在一家公司工作，第一天，我的老板不在，没人知道我要开始工作。我看到很多情况下，新团队成员都没有定位。很多时候，新员工被告知-“我要让你跟着弗雷德里克一个星期。”入职培训，应该是有目的的，而不是偶然的。齐心协力，使新的团队成员在雇用后感觉受到欢迎。
3
Team meetings matter.团队会议非常重要
I once had a client who called me and said his group was a "team" but didn’t feel very much like a team. Part of the problem was the team members were located in 21 different offices. I asked how often they met. His answer was “never.” I don’t believe that a team can be effective if they are never together. Have consistent team meetings. It will build a sense of Esprit de corps.
曾经有一个客户打电话给我，说他的团队是一支“团队”，不过，感觉并不像一支团队。问题的一部分是，团队成员分别位于21个不同的办公室。我问他们见面的频率。他的回答是“从不见面。”我不相信一个从不见面的团队会很高效。召开一致的团队会议，这将建立一种企业精神。
4
Have a team mission statement.拥有团队使命说明
Many companies have mission and vision statements, but sometimes, it's too global and too far removed from employees' day to day work. Think about creating a team mission and vision statement that is aligned with the company one. If you manage the logistics team, how can you have a team mission that supports the larger company mission?
许多公司都有使命和愿景方面的声明，有时过于全球化，与员工的日常工作相去甚远。考虑创建与公司一致的团队使命和愿景声明。如果管理后勤团队，那么，你又如何执行支持更大规模的公司的任务的团队任务呢？
5
Have team goals.拥有团队目标
One way to bond a team together and get them on the same page is to have team goals. I am not saying people shouldn’t have individual goals, but they should also have team goals. Those should be monitored, measured, and communicated throughout the year.
将团队联系在一起并使他们处于同一页面上的一种方法是制定团队目标。我并不是说人们不应该拥有个人目标，他们也应该有团队目标。应该对这些目标进行监控、测量和沟通。
6
Decide on team guidelines.确定团队准则
Have a team meeting and let members discuss how they are going to work together. For example, they may say "always treat each other with respect.” That is a start, but don’t stop there. Ask what would respect look like? What would respect sound like? Create behavioral guidelines as a group. "Remember, teamwork begins by building trust," said writer Patrick Lencioni. "And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability."
召开团队会议，让成员讨论如何一起工作。例如，他们可能会说“要一直互相尊重。”这只是开始，请不要就此止步。请问尊重看起来是什么样的？尊重听起来是什么样的？要团队制定行为准则。作家帕特里克·伦乔尼说，“各位，请记住， 团队合作始于建立信任，做到这一点的唯一方法是：克服我们对无敌的需求。”
Make note, this is not you telling them how they will interact, it's them deciding for themselves how they will interact. That way, there is much more buy-in.
各位，请注意，这不是要告诉他们如何互动，而是由他们自己决定如何互动。这样，有更多的自主。
Want your team to perform at a higher level? Start working on it today. As Steve Jobs once said, "Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”
想让团队高水平表现吗？请立即着手去做。正如史蒂夫·乔布斯曾说过的，“商业中的伟大成就，从不会由某个人来完成，而是由一群人完成。”
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