The Five Behaviors® Model

A cohesive essay has all its parts (beginning, middle, and end) united, supporting each other to inform or convince the reader. While the writer’s thoughts are in their compositions, all too often readers find it difficult to understand what is being said because of the poor organisation of ideas.

The characteristics of a cohesive team are Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, and Results. Each behavior in the model builds upon the previous and supports the others. The team profile and facilitated program lets team members know how they and the team are doing, and how they can become more cohesive.

• Trust One Another. When team members are genuinely transparent and honest with one another, it forms a safe environment that creates and builds vulnerability-based trust.
• Engage in Conflict Around Ideas.
• Commit to Decisions.

How to Build a Strong Team in 9 Steps

• Establish expectations from day one.
• Respect your team members as individuals.
• Engender connections within the team.
• Practice emotional intelligence.
• Motivate with positivity.
• Communicate, communicate, communicate.
• Look for ways to reward good work.
• Diversify.

Effective communication is the most important part of teamwork and involves consistently updating each person and never assuming that everyone has the same information. Being a good communicator also means being a good listener.

The main difference between leaders and managers is that leaders have people follow them while managers have people who work for them. A successful business owner needs to be both a strong leader and manager to get their team on board to follow them towards their vision of success.

The word “lead” in a job title typically indicates a low-level supervisory position similar to an assistant manager or management trainee. The word “senior,” however, may be given to mid- or upper-level managers handling larger duties within an organization.

Typically, a supervisor is below a manager in the organizational hierarchy. Supervisors generally oversee a group of people in similar jobs, who are doing similar work. Their role is more about assigning work and keeping employees on track, rather than orchestrating them.