An increasingly large number of organisations have trouble with the nature of their work environment. Mindless collectivism impairs the efficiency of the organisational workspace, when a team is treated as a single unit that does not account for the individual voices at play within it.

An organisation functions like a machine, a single unit with numerous components of immense but different significances. Thus, it is important that every single unit of the machine, which are the individuals comprising the team, work together smoothly and efficiently. In order to achieve this, one must ask the right questions, that can facilitate the harnessing of the right solutions.

1. Why is it that some people cannot understand each other in a team, thus causing friction? Why is the same individual seen as amicable by some and difficult by others? Is it justified to change one’s behaviour simply to engage with a difficult individual in a group?

Behavioural traits and personalities sometimes act as impediments for progress, arresting the level of dialogue within a social landscape, and not transcending to thoughtful productivity. To avoid such excesses, it is important to understand that ideas always have an individual as its source. A group of individuals come together, out of conscious volition, to present their ideas, engage in collaborative dialogue, and negotiate a sensible consensus. Individuals co-opt the ideas of each other, instead of compromising upon their premises, to achieve a symbiosis of solutions that justifies their shared goals for the company.

2. What ought to be done when one individual is taking a larger workload, owing to the lethargy or inefficiency of the team?

A conceptual division of labour facilitates strong individual engagement that allows for adequate autonomy for one to exercise their analytical skills, while at the same time ensuring that the project at work remains tethered firmly to a central goal. The power of the individual must be harnessed to charge the team. Thus, one ought to discard the use of coercion, and practice persuasion as a technique to communicate ideas effectively. Effective communication between individuals is the currency of a team.

3. How can a good work environment be achieved?

The ideal place of work would be one that allows individuals to bask in the glory of stimulating conversations with colleagues, through candour, and also a space that allows these individuals to recede to their privacy and mull over the best solutions for challenges consuming their day. The former initiates one with a rush of excitement and motivation, charging one up with healthy spirit, while the latter helps one conceive of ideas and solutions that drive the company forward.

Where we come in.

A synergetic workforce is possible only when every member in a group understands the intellectual culture of a company, treats its ambitions as their own, and perform tasks with integrity as to deem oneself a unique block in the tower that is the organisation. The best results are obtained when one identifies oneself as a willing cogwheel in the organisational machinery, lubricated by a yearning for achievement and driven by a spirit of success. It, therefore, becomes the crucial task of a coach to help workers attain their desired potential and facilitate an understanding of what it means to work efficiently. Just as a physical trainer harnesses the physical strengths and weaknesses of an athlete to spark better performances, an Executive Coaching engagement improves workplace productivity manifold by engineering the best minds into being.

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