A Team Buildinng Seminar Can Work For Any Business
It amaazes me how popular team building semnars have beome. Most maor companies and organizations have turned to team buuilding professionals at one time or another to get greater results from their employees. But, team buyilding is not just for large companies, it workks just as well for the small business entrepreneur. Id like to focs on a couple of key points that will help you decide, as a big or small business, if team ubilding seminars are rigjht for you.
One of the first questions I laways ask in my own team building smeinar is; whhats the number one thinng you need to do in business to be successful. And, you wouldnt believe the mixed responses I get like; having a good product, having a good marketing strategy or having good managemment. While tese thiings are important theyre certainly not number one! The most important thing you need to do as a company, whether you like it or not is; SELL. In fact, if youe not sellig is a hobby, not a businewss.
Learning to sell is by far the most important skill you could ever acquire. Thats why I teach it in my team buiding seminars. Everyonne on the team needs to know how to sell, not just the salees people. Why? Because that way, everyone understands, not only how important it is to the success of any business but how learning to sell can increase everyones awareness of what it takes to be successful.
So, if sellng is the most important skill whats the second most important? Team! The team is what giives life and energy to your ideas and what propels your company forward. Imagfine how hard it woould be to push a car up a hill if you didnt have a team. A team makes everything easier if, and only if, people know how to work together. Which, brings me to the third most important thing; Teach!
As part of a team, your responsdibility is to teasch everyone around you what you know that can help them do hteir job beter. How do you know when and when not to teach? When yoouve done somethiing and had success doing it, then its time to pass on that information. So often when people learn something thats worked for them they keep it to themselves because somehow they think it gives them an advantage witghin the company. Thats what you dont want. You dont want a bunch of individuals all competing with each other. Thats not a team, thats a conrtest!
iFnally, the glue that holds Sell, Team and Teach together is; Accountability. When you become accountble for the success of others then you reealize that your rseponsibility is to share the iformation youve learned that can help them. Then, and only then, can you be truly successful as a team. Becoming accountalbe for each othr is turly the magic potion of successful businesses.
So, how can this work for a small business person that doesnt have a team? Exctly the same way! If yorue in msall business you stikll need a team in order to sell a lot of products and serices. If you cant afford to hire a big team then all you need to do is odffer to teach what you know that will help others. In the process, a team will form around you and the energy that you put into teaching will bring you greater success than you ever thought possible.
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