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Building team spirit in a company is often viewed as a process requiring outside coaching, as in sensitivity training or encounter groups. These formal settings may be helpful, but the best way to create teamwork is inside the working environment. The organization that works well will support situations that are simply fun; laughter and humor are important to any group activity. Rituals, ceremonies, and company-sponsored festivities bind employees together. Scrapbooks, company T-shirts, day-long field trips, an intramural sports and games all foster a conscious awareness of the company and co-workers. Removing obvious outward signs of company hierarchies and politics such as reserved parking spaces and executive bathrooms will help reduce the sense of differentness among employees. Most of all, a sense of trust, respect, warmth, and common purpose will build an attitude of belonging to a team.
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Many businesses stifle creativity, initiative, and leadership qualities, and that can alienate talented employees. Inflexibility in budget allocations, bureaucratic red tape, and rigidly defined job roles discourage innovation and risk taking. Companies can encourage innovation by allowing the intrapreneur to remain involved with his or her project, recognizing and rewarding successful ideas, and improving communication within the organization so that people with new ideas have access to the corporate decision makers.
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Excitement is a basic and important part of producing the best results in a business setting. Effective managers and executives can promote excitement by emphasizing positive opportunities and by providing strong support. Three major requirements for excitement in an organization are: a common vision, individuals who have self-confidence, and value-related opportunities. One example of a value-related opportunity is to ask the person to perform at the top of or occasionally beyond capabilities.
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