by Cheri Alguire

If you’re a small business owner, you know that it’s not easy to put together a cohesive team. There are many different personalities that come together and have to work together for the growth of the whole company. The success of any small business team is largely dependent upon its team members working together toward the strategic and common goals established for the business itself. The team members can include the business owner, customer service staff, salespeople, and support staff including administrative assistants.  All team members must effectively play their specific roles within the organization to reach optimum levels of productivity and profitability. It’s not always easy to make sure that all of the different types of personalities work together well. Diversity is what makes a team stronger because different personalities can compliment each other. However, diversity can also weaken a team if it is not used constructively and if the team members don’t understand each others’ different personalities. The Team Dimensions Profile will help each individual team member and their supervisors identify their own strengths and allow for positioning of each team member in the role in which they will naturally be most effective and confident. Many Small Business Owners have effectively used the Team Dimensions Profile to coach their teams to work together and appreciate each others’ strengths and make up for each others’ weaknesses in a “checks and balances” fashion. The Team Dimensions Profile has helped many Small Businesses guide their team members by identifying their most natural team role, which will vary dependent upon personality type and inherent behavioral patterns. The various team member roles include the ‘creator’, who will generate ideas; the ‘advancer’, who promotes great ideas; the ‘refiner’ who challenges ideas, and the ‘executor’ who will manage details through completion. All individual roles are critical to the success of the team. By using the Team Dimension Profile, you can identify individual strengths and build team unity, which will foster innovative ideas and reduce conflict, stress and project cycle time. Real Estate, Business and Life Coach Cheri Alguire has partnered with hundreds of Real Estate Professionals and Small Business Owners to help them become more successful in business and in life. Coach Cheri specializes in Group Coaching for Small Business Owners, Working Mothers, Real Estate Agents and Managers. Learn more at www.NextLevelServices.net or www.DiSCforSmallBusiness.com