Managers are often confronted with the challenge of leading an increasingly heterogeneous team that is diverse along the lines of gender, generation, physical ability, appearance and ethnicity among others. Research suggests that differences can lead to lesser engagement and more conflicts in teams, and reduce organizational commitment. Yet, there is evidence that increased engagement bolsters learning potential of teams and hence helps in unleashing creativity and innovation. Some organizations are trying to frame engagement as a process to be leveraged with the assumption that talented and creative employees come from diverse backgrounds. This approach helps facilitate producing the requisite people behaviors, attitudes, and mental models that are necessitated by the demand of high performance work systems, so as to realize the companys business strategies.
Engaging teams is more than simply acknowledging differences in people. Hence its required to support planned and positive engaging practices in sync with the organizational culture to capitalize on its benefits.
Understanding and capitalizing employees strengths
Effective communication for empowered participation in organizational pursuits
Developing feedback and coaching skills
Outbound learning for managing change
Managing inclusive environment
Communication strategies for managing diverse teams
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