HOW DO I BUILD THE BEST TEAM FOR MY BUSINESS?
Key takeaways from this article:
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How to build an effective team for your business
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Discover the 3 business identities: Creative, People Leader and Entrepreneur
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Identify which business identity you relate to most
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Become a better leader by learning how to cope with stress
As a business owner, you know from experience that finding good help and the best employees can be one of the most challenging parts about running a business. In fact, your first new hires can make or break the momentum you've created that caused you to hire more people resources in the first place. If you are having trouble figuring out the best way to build effective business teams - you are not alone.
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In life and in business, opposites attract and understanding your business identity is the first step to finding good employees. If you are an awesome salesman, then you will need help in other areas to make your business run efficiently and to unlock your company’s true potential. Here we’ll cover the three basic business identities: Creative, People Leader and Entrepreneur.
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The example above helps us understand that creating effective business teams means you always need a mix of skill sets and business identity types. Of course, we need different attributes and perspectives, not only people who work and think like you. After reading this article, you’ll be able to figure out your own business identity and also learn more about how you empower employees with different business identities to achieve success while working collaboratively, no matter your field or project type.
BUSINESS IDENTITY #1: CREATIVE
A Creative is a person who is skilled as producer or an Artist. They have a lot of energy, both physical and metal. They can spend hours working on a single task that holds their attention and are imaginative and curious individuals. This can be someone who enjoys creating content for your website or developing products and services your customres will love and value. Or this can be a sales person or negotiator whose creative approach to their craft can help the team see a different perspective.
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Creatives can be present in any industry and are crucial parts of any organization. From web designers to athletes to musicians to restaurant managers.
They are driven by their art and their passion to create. Their satisfacción comes with bringing something new to the world and introducing people to it. Creators want their production to add value to people's lives making them invariably better than they were before.
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An Artist’s mantra: “I love to create that's how I add value.”
Learn more about your business identity!
BUSINESS IDENTITY #2: LEADER
Leaders enjoy waking up and leading a team of people in the right direction. They want to ensure that their team has all the tools to do the job, the correct system and the most efficient process. In an effort to put them in the position to perform at their highest level.
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A Leader is cool under pressure and keeps the team running smoothly as he is good at knowing his team. Good leader made good players great by ensuring they are in the best position to succeed! The leader may know their employees work product better than the worker herself.
Leaders understand that creatives are special workers and can meet their needs in a way that enables them to produce effectively. They also understand how to manage and leverage the visions of other business identities, like Entrepreneurs and other leaders all while mitigating potential risks.
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A Manager’s mantra: “I love to figure out ways to improve and implement efficient process and maximize human resources.”
BUSINESS IDENTITY #3: ENTREPRENEUR
The main difference between an entrepreneur, creative and the leader is risk. The entrepreneur is taking big risk to create new things. Of course they will enjoy the most rewards if the idea works and converserly stand to lose a lot if it doesn't.
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Entrepreneurs are all about taking calculated risks. This business is highly risky but also can be highly rewarding. They create firms to realize their idea aggregate captial investment and put the right people in place to lead and manage the operation.
They love to come up with ideas that generate ecominc wealth, growth and innovation.
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Then they do it again.
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YOUR TRUE NATURE AND REACTION TO STRESS
Observing the way someone reacts to stress will help you understand their true nature. Your business identity and your true nature will be closely linked in stressful situations. When your business experiences unexpected events, you may experince stress which will cause you to react in the ways your brain is comfortable dealing with stress. Your true nature will be on display in a most stressful situations. Entrepreneurs will take bigger risks, to make more money to earn and spend their way out of the situation as a solution. Managers will attempt to apply more of their leadership and management skills to solve their problem which may mean more management techniques. Creators will focus adding value thruough idea generation or trying to create a better product or service. Sometimes it is better to listen to the customer rather than what you beleive to be the best solution.
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Which of these reactions to stress sounds the most familiar to you? What do you see happening in your company’s leadership? By understanding the nature of those you work with or for, you’ll be able to better speak in a way they understand when times get tough.
FINDING GOOD EMPLOYEES: MAKE THE RIGHT MIX, REAP THE REWARDS
It’s likely if your business is not growing, the problems can be linked to the psychology and skills of the owner or leader. If the owner is:
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A Creator: They’re likely to love their product or service so much, they’ll get too attached. They also might try to over-manage, even though that’s not their skill.
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A Manager: They’re likely to already run the organization really well. But without the right Creators, it’s going to be hard if the product or service isn’t extraordinary to make the business truly effective.
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An Entrepreneur: They’re likely to go looking for the next best thing. Many entrepreneurs create one business, and before that business is even slightly mature, they go on to create another, and another and another.
Finding good employees isn’t a matter of chance. The trick to creating solid, effective business teams is to recognize and appreciate what each of these business identities has to offer. By making sure your job is best suited to your nature instead of fighting against it, you’ll be best situated to make maximum impact.
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Ready to learn your own business identity?