The Complete Works of Wolf Road

Chapter 29 Wolf Unity (1)
The Wolf Clan is a role model for the team.The history of the wolf family is the history of the most outstanding team in nature.The wolf's team belief has become the wolf's instinct.These team beliefs built with life are the values ​​of a truly outstanding team.

1 The effect of unity is invincible
The cohesion and team spirit of the wolf pack are the decisive factors that determine the life and death of the wolf pack.Every wolf in the wolf clan can actively use its unique intelligence and strength to shoulder the obligations to the team, and every wolf must take its own responsibility for the prosperity and development of the group.

When wolves hunt, they often adopt the "group and attack".No matter how powerful an enemy the wolves face, as long as they lock the target, they can win.This also shows that the wolf pack effect is invincible.

The enlightenment of the wolf pack effect to human beings: Difficulties are not terrible, as long as we have team spirit, we can overcome any difficulties and be invincible.

In today's society, we can often see such a situation. When starting a business, several people can cooperate with each other and help each other, and they can achieve success under the difficult conditions of no funds, no talents, and no projects.However, when the enterprise grows bigger, the individual heroism expands, and when there are funds, talents, and projects, the enterprise collapses. What is the reason?All of this speaks for itself.Without the concept of organization and team spirit, his so-called organization is at best a collection.

Compared with the collective, the collective does not have a common work goal, but the team does; the collective does not have a changeable structure, but the team does; the collective does not have a leadership core, but the team does.Teams need to be built, and highly competitive teams need to be managed, not built.The team's personal goals and collective goals are consistent, and individual performance and team performance are unified, so that they can work together and succeed in the competition.

In modern life, the power of individuals is too small, and success can only be achieved by relying on a spirit of cooperation and team strength.

Without the spirit of teamwork, no matter how wonderful a personal plan is, it may not be fully implemented.Whether it is a family, a company, or a society, no matter how great a person is and how capable he is, if he wants to accomplish something, it is impossible to succeed without the help and coordination of other people.Especially in today's era of fierce competition, the development of the world economy, the division of labor in society is becoming more and more detailed, the era of individual heroism has become history, and the disorderly competition of fighting alone and intrigues is about to pass. Your co-opetition era has arrived.If you don't face this reality, if you don't abide by the rules of the game, you will be eliminated.To work with a cooperative attitude, you must not only understand your own work goals, but also know what others are thinking about and what they care about. Only by understanding each other can we achieve common goals.That's what we call a team to solve.

So what is a team?A person cannot form a team, and a collection of more than two individuals may not necessarily form a team.

A team is composed of two or more people, through the mutual influence and interaction among members, there is a common standard of behavior, an organizational form between the organization and the individual.Its important feature is that there is a certain psychological connection among the members of the team, and there is mutual influence between them.A group of people who meet by chance and get together by chance, although they have some common characteristics in time and space, they do not have any mutual influence and interaction psychologically, so they cannot be called a team.

The basic elements of forming a team are as follows:

First, members share a common goal.To accomplish a common goal, members cooperate with each other, which is the basic condition for forming and maintaining a team.In fact, it is this common goal that defines the nature of the team.To form a team, there must be a goal first, followed by a team.

The team's purpose gives the team a sense of identity that is greater than the sum of the individual team members.This sense of identity provides a meaningful standard for how to resolve the collision of individual interests and team interests, making it possible for some threatening conflicts to be smoothly transformed into constructive conflicts.

With the existence of team goals, everyone in the team knows where the individual coordinates are, and where the team coordinates should be. Otherwise, black and white will be reversed, regardless of severity, and the team will face catastrophe and lose its value of existence .

The existence of team goals enables team members to devote themselves wholeheartedly, unify their thinking, and form a joint force when they encounter emergencies or face the risk of failure. I am afraid that no one can do this except the team, because these events are against them. Overall challenge.

Second, members depend on each other.From the perspective of behavioral psychology, members interact and directly contact each other in behavioral psychology, influence each other, realize each other in the team, and form a tacit understanding and care for each other.Members give each other whatever support is needed, whenever and wherever, and they always collaborate with each other to get the job done that needs to be done.

Third, each member has a sense of teamwork.Team members have a sense of belonging, a sense of emotional identity, and realize that "I am part of this team" and "I am part of this group".Everyone has a genuine sense of joy in the company of others on the team.Let each other relax and work happily.Therefore, team awareness and sense of belonging form the profound meaning of the team.

Fourth, team members have a sense of responsibility.All true teams have members who share their responsibility for achieving a common goal.There is no team member in the world who does not take responsibility. If everyone does not take responsibility, achieving a common goal is undoubtedly a castle in the air.

Consider the subtle but important difference between "the boss put me in charge" and "we are in charge."The former can lead to the latter, but, without the latter, there is no team. "We are responsible for ourselves" is such a simple statement, but it reveals a core issue, that is, our own commitment to the team and the team's trust in us.In fact, when we come together for a common goal, we inevitably assume responsibility for the team.

What are the main functions of the team?

The reason why team spirit is popular in the world is mainly reflected in its unique and powerful role.A well-trained team can often accomplish the various tasks of the organization excellently, and make members feel satisfied while completing the tasks.

Organizations are made up of teams.The team is the bridge and link between the organization and the individual, and it is the normal working mechanism of the organization.The mission goals of an organization are accomplished by the teams under its jurisdiction.That is to say, if an organization wants to achieve its goals, it must decompose the overall goal into several sub-goals according to the principle of division of labor and cooperation, and assign them to the team to complete.Completing the tasks assigned by the organization is the main role and function of the team.

Teams can meet the psychological needs of individuals.Human beings are different from animals. In addition to physical needs, human beings also have psychological needs or spiritual needs.And people's psychological needs are obtained in interpersonal communication, and realized in organization, team work, and life.Specifically, the team can meet the following psychological needs of people.

[-]. Attribution needs.The need to belong is a basic need of people, that is, everyone hopes to be accepted by an organization and become a member of an organization. Of course, he is also willing to join this organization and be proud of being a member of this organization.Since organizations are made up of teams, a person's belonging is, in the final analysis, belonging to a team.Once the problem of belonging is resolved, this person will have "responsibility" and support.If a person's belonging problem is not resolved, he must be isolated and helpless, with a restless mind and difficult to develop his talents.This is the psychological "out of group effect".

Second, the need for a sense of security.When a person lives in society, he will always encounter various difficulties and dangers, including natural and social difficulties and threats.Only when a person is in a team, where everyone depends on each other, supports and helps each other, can he avoid natural and social aggression, avoid isolation and fear, gain a sense of security, and enhance confidence and strength.

Three, respect needs.Respect needs are people's spiritual needs, including self-esteem and being respected by others.This is the common psychology of all normal people.If a person's behavior is not respected by others, that is, not recognized by others, he will feel a sense of loss and even lose confidence in life.The existence of the team provides conditions for satisfying the individual's need for respect.In a team, everyone gets along day and night, shares weal and woe, and understands each other. As long as you do the right thing, you will always be respected by others.

Fourth, achievement needs.The need for achievement is the highest level of human needs.To achieve success, one cannot do without the encouragement and help of others.At the same time, his achievements must be recognized by others to have practical significance.If a person dissociates from the team, his need for achievement cannot be satisfied.

Teams are created to achieve organizational goals.In order to realize the tasks entrusted by the organization and for the healthy development of the team, any team must use certain norms to coordinate people's behavior and mutual relationship to form a "combat" team.There are written team norms, and some habits become natural.Regulating people's behavior and coordinating interpersonal relationships is an important task and function of management.A successful team will have a positive impact on the organization and society.

Teams can bring many benefits to the organization, including correct decision-making, effective communication, promoting individual members to perform at a higher level, and so on.Not only that, but the team has more advantages that are not found in other organizational forms.

The external environment of modern society changes rapidly and frequently, and the team shows its adaptability to the external environment.Competition is the theme of contemporary life, and the time spent by a team to complete a task is far less than that spent by an individual.This gives the team a distinct advantage over the competition.Because time competition is increasingly becoming an important competitive advantage, which is also the main advantage of the team.

Teams can also bring more innovation.Harvard economist Robert Rick believes: "When several people form a group, their abilities are fused together. This is the total ability of the group. It is much higher than the simple sum of the abilities of several people. .” Over time, the group experienced problems and found solutions together, and each member learned from the others.They know how to make other members do better; they also know what everyone's tasks are in a specific project; and they know how to use other people's experience for me.Every member is careful and makes adjustments from time to time, which makes the overall work progress quickly and smoothly.

In actual team management, we often attach great importance to system management. Of course, system construction is the most direct and most effective means.However, from the perspective of development, only cultural concept constraints are the long-term solution for enterprise development. This is a management method that seems invisible and tangible.Organizational culture is the soul of an enterprise. It not only acts as a soft constraint in team management, but also guides and constrains the behavior of team members.

2 Building High Expectations for a "Successful Team"

As an advanced organizational form, the team has attracted more and more attention from the organization. Many companies have started team building from different management levels such as concepts and methods, and have placed high expectations on "successful teams".However, enterprises should beware of falling into the "team trap" while maintaining enthusiasm.

For now, the team is suitable for such a situation: the work tasks are extremely challenging, the environment is highly uncertain, and the organizational members are very different and highly qualified.In fact, the success rate of the team is not very high, and the performance of many teams is not satisfactory. The reason is that they fall into the team trap and cannot extricate themselves.

Team traps mainly manifest themselves in the following forms:
The team's goal is lost.As one of the organizational forms, the team serves to accomplish the organizational goals.However, due to the specificity and challenges of the tasks faced by the team, the uncertainty of the environment and other factors, it is often difficult to clarify the goal that serves as the compass of the team.Moreover, in the process of team members participating in the implementation of decision-making, often because of information asymmetry, personal values ​​​​and personal interests among members are different, the goal is dismembered, and eventually loses the function of improving morale.

Corning Corporation is a company that is good at human resources. During more than ten years of team operation practice, they found that as one of the organizational forms, the probability of achieving the goal is only 3%. Among the reasons for failure, the rate of goal loss is 51%. .

Loss of team adaptability and flexibility.The external environment of the team determines that it must have a high degree of flexibility and adaptability, otherwise it will easily lead to the rigidity of the team's actions.

According to the research of an authoritative organization, in general, the flexibility of the team is not as good as that of the working group.The main reasons are: the team members are quite different, and their motivations, attitudes and personalities are difficult to be consistent;

Psychology and conflicts make attention introverted and slow down the team's response to external information; the requirement for team members to reach consensus also affects the team's flexibility.

Teams work together to split.The team members themselves have a tendency to divide their forces, and a slight slack in team management will lead to a sharp drop in team performance.

According to Corning's team management experience, teamwork is often impacted by the following situations: leader change; plan discontinuity; staff reduction; improper management; rule discontinuity.

Here are some suggestions on how to avoid team traps:

Teams need strong leaders.A strong leader can turn individual forces into joint forces, implement and implement team goals, keep team members sensitive to the outside world, and respond quickly.Experience shows that teams require strong leadership more than other organizational forms.

Uniform team rules.An excellent team has unified management rules, which can be observed by all members and become a unified language within the team.

Meticulous management, detail care.Team traps arise from subtleties, so teams need the care of details from managers and members.

3 Work together to build your own team
Wolves generally do not attack animals that are stronger than themselves, but if they have to face a powerful enemy, they will not back down, but attack in groups.

Wolves are not like tigers, lions, cheetahs and other animals, they never act alone, they do not respect "individual heroism"

, because the wolves know that the strength of an individual is limited after all, in order to survive, they must be united by all wolves.

We live and work in a team, and we should be like wolves, working together with our team members to build our own team.Because the team is the platform we live on.

Just as most of us have had to build our careers in social institutions, as long as you are a part of a company, you should put aside any excuses and devote your loyalty and responsibility to the sake of the company.Because you are already a member of the combat team, the success or failure, honor and disgrace of this team are closely related to you, as well as your honor, disgrace and future.The success of the team, that is, your success, the future of the team is bleak, and your future will also be very bleak.The team's failure is your failure.

To realize the dream of life, it will not work alone.We have to work hand in hand with all the people on the team and be the best "buddies" with these people.Everyone supports and helps each other, so that we will have the strongest combat effectiveness.

This is what we usually call "concentrated efficiency", that is, the principle of gathering sand to form a tower and dripping water to wear away a stone.By combining the talents, skills, knowledge, training and expertise of each team member, we can create an organization and become a strong team.Please remember that the effectiveness of teamwork is much stronger than that of working alone. If everyone works in the same direction, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished.

"I" becomes "we" when part of a fighting team.We will give up part of ourselves, and the whole team will have the possibility to thrive.

In the team, in addition to allowing everyone to have opportunities for self-growth and accomplishing goals, the entire team should also work hard for the set long-term goals.In this way, a "win-win" for the individual and the team can be achieved.

Looking at a first-class combat team, the reason why they can become an outstanding team is nothing more than the result of their members being able to put aside their ego, trust each other highly, and unanimously contribute to the overall goal.

In a team, we have to put ourselves in the shoes of each member.Collaboration in a team is a big part of life.The success of one member is the success of all of us.Therefore, as one of them, we should do our best and work together with everyone.What the team achieves is also our own achievement.We must strive for the first as the goal, do not seek "better", only seek "best", and strive to achieve the ultimate in everything.

As long as each member of the team can give full play to their abilities, can think in one place, and work hard in one place, such a team will be invincible and invincible.

4 Build a tenacious team
To create a positive, harmonious and common stand atmosphere, in other words, to build a tenacious team strength and cultivate a persistent team spirit, leadership is the decisive factor, and leadership is the mainstay of building a tenacious team stand.Because as the saying goes, no matter which excellent organization you are in, the leader is the "leader brother" who stands tall, looks far, and walks ahead.

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