High-Performance Work Teams

In the fast moving pace of the American economy it is important to have a good foundation to keep your company growing and moving forward. The one key asset a company can have is their employee. In the 21st century there are an endless types of people in the mixing bowl of American culture a successful manager knows how to pull the strengths out of his applicants and employees to great a high performance team. In the past there has been some inequality of both women and minorities. But there have been laws that have passed to ensure that all people of America will receive the rights they deserve. While there are countless benefits for high-performance teams there are many ways to create it. Some of these ways include external vs. internal hiring, …show more content…
But one cannot form a high-performance team over night it times time and energy to ensure the best results. According to the Society of Human Resource management in the article “Developing and Sustaining High-Performance Work Teams” they state that there are four steps to developing a high performance team. Forming, Storming, Norming and Preforming. Each stage is a vital part of making a successful team. First is Forming. This is where you use all of your possible resources to choose the best team possible. As discussed earlier this can include, women and men of all race, orientation and ability. Once you have your team chosen there is the intermediate time of introduction and “getting to know”. Some benefits to team building according to The Team Building Directory include, creating a clear purpose for the team, understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Once the team in acquainted, the next move is storming. Storming is the part of the process that may be the most difficult to overcome. This is the stage where each member is finding their place in the pack and pushing the envelope. As a leader one might have to get HR involved to help solve some conflicts. Next is Norming, this is the stage where people settle in and become more functioning as a whole. Lastly is Preforming, this is when the group becomes their full protection completes the task that they were set to …show more content…
To do this one needs to ensure that their job description is detailed enough to let the potential employees understand what is required of them. During the hiring process there are three main objectives when writing a job description. First is to ensure that both employee and employer know what the job entails. This is a key to bring in the right people for the job. When a company has a vague job discretion anyone could want to be hired and it will end up wasting both the interviewer and interviewees time. Second benefit to a well-developed job description is to set a basis for what the companies culture to see if this employee will fit in the vision of what the company is trying to achieve. Third objective is to set up talking points for the interview. This is a way for both the interviewer and interviewee has the opportunity to speak candidly about what the company is looking for and how the interviewee would fit into this position. Later on in the employees career this job description can be a great base line for further discussion on both the ideas of a promotion and raises. To make sure that the employee does have the necessary qualifications to succeed at the job it is important to mention what they need to have to be considered. The top three considerations in hiring include, education, teamwork and communication. Depending on the position there