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Develop Cohesion

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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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