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Develop Cohesion

Develop Cohesion Competency Domain

Developing team cohesion is essential for building and leading resilient teams. By fostering strong, supportive, and dependable relationships within the team, managers enhance overall well-being, reduce stress, and promote creativity and collective decision-making. Cohesive teams are more capable of overcoming adversity in the workplace. Developing cohesion boosts teamwork.

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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 and 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