Stop Your Team From Falling Apart

There are plenty of reasons to explain why this should be the case. Primarily, it's worth pointing out that few of us can be experts in all areas that are required within an established business. You may be a great inventor of products, for example, but do you have what it takes to be able to handle the marketing and advertising.

There's a clear danger here and it's one that some find it impossible to escape from. You may well have some great products and services, but an inability to really sell what you have can mean that you are left behind. In short, a failure to be able to really perform across all areas may well be hurting your business.

It doesn't only work out this way when considering this limited range of skills and areas. It's the same if you are great at marketing, but lacking when it comes to accounting. There are always potential issues there and it will often make sense to understand what's going on and what may be going wrong. With that understanding, you can look to make real progress.

But what happens when you fall into the trap of taking on too much work, or asking others to do the same? This is when problems can start to occur and you may discover that issues start to erode a team. The problem here is that none of us like to feel that we are being asked to do more than others, or that there's an expectation that we should be doing far more than we are paid to do.

This difference between delivery and expectations will often lead to conflicts within a team. The first thing to say here is that it's appropriate for you to accept that such conflicts will occur. Indeed, it's simply not realistic to expect that you will be able to stop them from doing so.

This may sound incredibly negative and it's natural that you should fear arguments and disagreements, but it's really a question of dealing with them. Once you accept that you are dealing with different individuals, with differing personalities and requirements, these issues do become easier to understand.

So how should you go about dealing with them? You certainly need to be thinking about how you can look to improve the situation. This will almost certainly mean taking action at an early stage and it's also important that you should seek to remain objective. If you're unable to do that, or you feel that you won't be seen to act in this way, then you may need to consider employing others to do so.

There is a real risk that your own actions may make an existing situation even more difficult. If that happens, then it's likely to damage the business as a whole.