Team creation from scratch as an outsourced service
We help build a functioning team from the ground up when you need to start from scratch or significantly expand an existing one. We define roles and criteria, help select people, and start working together. This is actual team building, not a team bonding event.
What team building means
Team building here means creating a functioning team from the ground up. This includes what roles the team needs, what kind of people fill them, by what criteria they are chosen, and how to get people to start working together.
It is important to immediately distinguish one thing. This is not a team bonding event or entertainment. In Latvia, the term team building often implies exactly such events, but here we are talking about the creation and composition of the team itself, not organizing events.
HABERMAN 5D is neither an event organizer nor just a recruitment agency. We help build a team from start to finish, namely, defining roles and criteria, selecting people, and helping them start working together.
How to build a team
Before searching for people, it’s worth answering a few questions. They determine whether the team will work together or fall apart at the very beginning.
Where to start
First, you determine what the team needs to achieve and what roles are required for that. Only then do you look for people. The most common mistake is to search by job title rather than by the skills actually needed. In the beginning, people who can do several things and clearly understand their role are useful.
How to choose people
People are chosen based on several criteria. The first is skills that match the real need, not just a job title. The second is shared values and understanding of the goal, as poor goal and value alignment is one of the most common reasons for new team failures. The third is complementary roles, ensuring the team has idea generators, executors, and finishers. The fourth is the ability to work together and learn, not just current knowledge.
Do we need similar or different people?
The short answer is complementary, not similar people. A team where everyone is similar understands each other faster and has fewer conflicts, so it is suited for simple and fast tasks. The risk is that everyone thinks alike and misses mistakes.
Research generally indicates that a diverse team can make more logical decisions, be more creative, and better spot mistakes because different people cross-check and expand on each other’s ideas. However, the results are not unequivocal, and diversity only yields benefits under two conditions. The first is shared values and goals. The second is an open atmosphere where everyone is heard and is allowed to make mistakes. Without this, differences create conflict, and people leave.
Therefore, the correct answer is not identical or completely different, but complementary roles and ways of thinking united by shared values. Studies on teamwork also show that often it is less about who is on the team and more about how they work together.
In practice, certain frameworks are useful. Belbin’s team roles help to understand that a good team needs a balance of roles, such as an idea generator, coordinator, implementer, and finisher, rather than identical people. Personality tools, such as DISC, help understand people’s working styles, but they are used for understanding, not to make everyone the same. The most important thing remains an atmosphere where people can freely express themselves and make mistakes.
What we help you achieve
We help along the entire journey, from determining the team’s goal and roles to the moment people start working as a single team.
Determining needs and roles
Together we determine what the team must achieve and what roles are needed for that. This way you start from real need, not job titles.
Setting criteria
We determine how to select people, namely, skills, values, and role balance. This makes recruitment clear and repeatable.
Personnel selection
We help find and choose suitable people who match the set criteria and team values.
Starting to work together
We help the team start working and agree on a working method so that people begin operating as one team faster.
Who is team building meant for
Most often, this service is sought by business owners and managers who need to build a team from scratch but aren’t sure where to start and how to choose people.
The second situation is a growing company that needs to significantly expand its existing team. More people are needed, but it is important that the new people fit in and strengthen the team, rather than fragment it.
The third situation is a new direction or project that needs its own team. Here we help create a team specifically for this goal, with the right roles and people.
From the first conversation to a functioning team
Clear steps leading from understanding your goal to a team that starts working together.
First conversation
We begin with a conversation where we understand your goal and what kind of team needs to be created.
Determining roles and criteria
We determine what roles the team needs and by what criteria to choose people.
Personnel selection
We help find and select suitable people who match the criteria and team values.
Starting to work together
We help the team start working together and agree on a working method. We agree on the payment model during the conversation.
Answers about team creation
Before starting cooperation, read the answers to the questions most frequently asked by managers.
Do you organize team bonding events?
No. We do not organize team bonding events or entertainment. We help create the team itself, namely, determining roles and criteria, selecting people, and helping them start working together.
Where to start if there is no team yet?
Start not with looking for people, but with a goal. First, determine what the team needs to achieve and what roles are required, and only then look for people. We assist exactly with this step.
Do I need similar or different people?
Usually complementary, not identical. Different but complementary people tend to make more logical decisions and spot mistakes better, but only if the team shares common values and an open atmosphere. Without this, differences create conflict.
Do you also select people or just consult?
We help throughout the entire process, starting with determining roles and criteria and ending with personnel selection and the start of working together. We agree on the exact scope of involvement after the first conversation according to your needs.
How long does it take for a team to start working?
It depends on how large a team you are building and how quickly you can find suitable people. We provide a more realistic timeframe after the first conversation, once we understand your goal and the necessary roles.
Start our collaboration with a conversation
HABERMAN 5D support for managers and business consultations for growth. The first meeting is free of charge – we will discuss your challenges and an action plan without any long-term commitments.
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