Combine Two Teams Into One Cohesive Unit
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In companies and organizations, teams merge for all sorts of reasons…from expansion to downsizing…horizonal mergers to vertical mergers…interdepartmental to company-wide.
And when teams merge, they can be more or less effective, more or less productive, more or less happy, and more or less cohesive.
Challenges Of Team Mergers
As soon as a team merger is announced, it’s a virtual certainty that not all members on the teams will be happy. Team members might feel afraid, reluctant, resistant, or downright angry about the prospect of joining forces with another team.
The key to a successful team merger is integrating the varied personalities, working styles, and cultures into a new team that can leverage its newfound collective strengths and achieve common goals.
Use StrengthsFinder® To Help Build A Cohesive, Effective Team
A focus on team building becomes essential in helping to ensure the success of a newly-merged team, and StrengthsFinder® can play a crucial role in the initial transition and beyond.
StrengthsFinder®, now known as CliftonStrengths®, is an assessment tool that identifies a person’s top 5 strengths, from a list of 34 strengths. Unlike other personality tests, StrengthsFinder® is easy to understand and easy to talk about, which makes it the ideal tool for team building.
Immediate Impacts Of StrengthsFinder® In Team Building
StrengthsFinder® can have an immediate impact when a new team is formed, helping everyone on the team better understand themselves and each other. Simply put, StrengthsFinder® gets people talking about themselves and sharing information in a way that virtually nothing else can, and it can dramatically speed up the “getting to know you” phase of a team merger.
Long-Term Impacts Of StrengthsFinder® In Team Building
Down the line, the impacts of teambuilding with StrengthsFinder® can be game-changing. Projects and roles can be assigned more strategically, to take advantage of people’s strengths. Team members can ask each other for help and offer assistance. Conflicts can be avoided, because people better understand and appreciate each other. Traits and working styles in others that might have been previously viewed as negative can now be seen as positive.
StrengthsFinder® Can Help With All Types Of Team Mergers
StrengthsFinder® can help integrate teams that have been merged for all types of reasons, including:
- mergers to cut costs
- mergers to consolidate departments or teams
- mergers to support expansion
- mergers to compensate for layoffs or downsizing
- mergers to absorb another department or team
- mergers to help align with the company’s new strategic direction
- mergers to expand product offerings
- mergers to enhance efficiencies
- mergers to reduce costs
- mergers to improve performance
- mergers to consolidate expertise
- mergers to increase market reach
- mergers to foster innovation
- mergers to promote creativity
- mergers to strengthen competitive advantages
- mergers of two companies
StrengthsFinder® Training And Workshops For Team Mergers
We offer remote and in-person StrengthsFinder® trainings and workshops for teams that have merged, and we can customize these to meet your exact needs.
In our StrengthsFinder® trainings and workshops, we typically cover:
- strengths charting for the entire team (a compilation of each team member’s top 5 strengths)
- overview of the 34 StrengthsFinder® strengths
- examples of the combinations of a person’s top 5 strengths
- contributions, needs, triggers, and overuse patterns of the 34 StrengthsFinder® strengths and how they can impact teams
- case studies
We’re happy to accommodate your schedule, including providing trainings and workshops on nights and weekends.
For more information about our team building training and workshops for team mergers, please call (720) 312-8737, or e-mail contact@strengthscoachingandtraining.com.
Please note: Based in Denver, Colorado and Santa Fe, New Mexico, we can deliver in-person StrengthsFinder® trainings and workshops all across the United States, as well as remotely.
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