Having the right people is fundamental to achieving team goals. As a manager the first task is often one of the most fundamental to the success of your team in reaching its targets: picking the right team members...

1. Management: Assembling The Right Team

2. Having the right people is fundamental to achieving team goals.

3. As a manager the first task is often one of the most fundamental
to the success of your team in reaching its targets: picking the right
team members.

4. Here are some key points to consider for picking the right team...

5. Understand What Skills Are Needed

7. Picking the right people often hinges on understanding the skills
that are needed to complete the tasks that your team’s goals &
projects can be broken into.

8. Drawing up a clear list of the skills, qualifications and experience
needed across your team is the vital starting point to building your
team.

9. You should keep this in mind at all stages of your selection
process.

10. Double up on essential skills

11. If there are certain skills that are crucial to your team’s success, you
should ensure that there are other team members who can pick
up their tasks and responsibilities should a problem arise.

12. Doubling up on the most important skills is a great way to ensure
that your team can be flexible should some of the work need to be
reallocated in the event of a team member leaving or requiring
additional support in their tasks.

13. Hire The Right Number Of People

14. As Manager one of your chief concerns in the selection process
should be making sure that you have as many people as are
necessary to completing the team’s tasks, while keeping within
budget.

15. Hiring too many people can confuse or divide job roles and push
you over budget, while hiring too few people can place too much
pressure on those you do hire.

16. Giving yourself a thorough understanding of your team’s
responsibilities, skills, and the time needed to complete tasks will
help you to pick exactly the right number of people.

17. Pick The Right Personalities

18. A manager should pick a team that not only works well together,
but that also works well with them as a manager.

19. In the selection process you should look for people who you will be
able to communicate with easily and who are not too dissimilar in
temperament to yourself and to the other team members.

20. As the manager it is vital that you are in tune with your team’s
personalities from the start, as this can be integral to motivating
and leading them in the future.

21. Choose People Who Are Dedicated

22. The best results will come from those who are genuinely
interested in the work that your team is doing and the team’s
success.

23. While it is vital to pick the people with the right skills and
experience, you should also look for the people who have a
passion for the work they will be doing and are motivated by the
experience that joining your team will give them.

24. Your team can fail if its members lose interest, or leave at a crucial
time; for this reason you should hire the people who show
enthusiasm from the start and who are most likely to see the
team’s goals through to completion.

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