Why Corporate Teams Should Be Cohesive, Not Cookie-Cutter

Corporate teams should be able to work together – team member to team member, team lead to team lead, and teams to corporations. The best way to make sure that can happen is to be intentional about creating cohesive corporate teams. The key here is to understand the difference between cohesiveness and cookie-cutter.

Cohesiveness means bringing like-minded people together to work together toward a common goal. It is important to understand that like-minded does not mean duplicate. It means having similar ideas and shared objectives. It also means bringing creativity, ingenuity, and innovation to the table to put forth new ideas, provide clarity, and grow corporations.

Contrary to the definition of cohesiveness, cookie-cutter means having no distinguishing characteristics at all. Consider the following ways your company can engage in to encourage interrelated, unified, cohesive corporate teams:

• Encourage we versus I team methodologies. It inspires team-think that draws the focus toward group versus individual success.
• Create structured versus open-ended goals. Multi-level goals, including ones broken down into bite-sized chunks provide a step-by-step map versus a location pin.
• Recognize the power of teamwork. Yes, acknowledge individuals for outstanding service but also acknowledge their teams who likely put in plenty of work in the background.
• Clearly, distinctly, and succinctly define team and company culture and values.
• Strengthen communication in all its iterations. That means peer-to-peer, team-to-team, and corporation-to-team.
• Strengthen the ways teams communicate. That includes conference calls, video conferences, emails, and in-person conversations.

At Grupo Events, we know the importance of creating cohesive corporate teams that work together in tandem. We also know the importance of teams who think outside the box and take strategic risks rather than simply following pre-planned templates. When you bring your team to Mexico, we’ll facilitate activities and challenges that teach your team to leverage diverse skills toward a shared successful outcome.