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Leader Competency Domain: Develop Cohesion

Leader Competency Domain: Develop Cohesion

The best measure of a team is how well it performs under pressure. When the going gets tough, the tough get going… by working together as a team. This maxim holds true for front-line teams, executive teams, and all other teams in between, including yours. You can boost teamwork by developing the cohesion of your team. The result will be more supportive and dependable relationships. Developing cohesion enhances well-being, reduces stress, and enables your team’s creativity and collective decision-making. Cohesive teams in the workplace are better able to overcome adversity, and then adapt and grow together because of that adversity.

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Develop Cohesion Leader Tasks and Supporting Knowledge & Skills:

Leader Task 1: Analyze team cohesion.

  • Know why developing cohesion is important.
  • Know how to analyze team cohesion.
  • Know why social cohesion and task cohesion are different.

Leader Task 2: Organize people to work in teams.

  • Know why working in teams is important.
  • Know how to organize people to work in teams.
  • Know why shared leadership is important for working in teams.

Leader Task 3: Promote trust between team members.

  • Know why trust between team members is important.
  • Know how to promote trust between team members.
  • Know why social trust are task trust are different.

Leader Task 4: Ensure mutual respect between team members.

  • Know why mutual respect between team members is important.
  • Know how to ensure mutual respect between team members.

Leader Task 5: Train the team.

  • Know why training the team is important.
  • Know how to train the team.
  • Know why collective efficacy is important.

Leader Task 6: Manage expectations.

  • Know why managing expectations is important.
  • Know how to manage expectations.
  • Know why proactive coping is important.

Leader Task 7: Talk about setbacks.

  • Know why talking about setbacks is important.
  • Know how to talk about setbacks.

Updated 06/03/2024