As a manager, you have inherited a dysfunctional team. What now?

Have you become the manager of a dysfunctional team or been promoted to lead a group with serious communication, organisational, staff-related or other problems? Here is some advice on how to deal with it.

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Plan in-depth talks with individual employees

According to Management Issues, your first step should be to schedule individual meetings with your new subordinates. In order to understand the situation and how the functioning of the team is regarded by its members, you need to conduct in-depth interviews with subordinates.

Find out how things are working now

Gather information from company management, other teams and team members themselves, and form an image of how the team currently functions. Make an audit of the processes within the team to find out how team members communicate with one another and what the flow of projects and activities within the team is like.

Determine what works well and what doesn't

There will be some positive things even in a badly functioning team. What is working well and what needs further development? And what are the biggest flaws that need addressing immediately?

Implement changes gradually

The changes you need to implement should be introduced gradually. Do not try to change the whole team completely in a single day. Always give employees time to get used to one change before introducing another.

Monitor the situation continuously

Constantly monitor how the changes are working, whether they are having the impact you expected, how subordinates see them, and whether you are really approaching the vision for the team that you defined at the very beginning.

 

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