How To Combine Two Teams With Totally Different Cultures?

What do you do when you have to form a team from two separate entities and you know for sure that there is no chemistry between the key members?

The Team Doc Says…

Hope for the best.

Seriously though, chemistry helps in this type of situation but it’s not the end of the world if there is no chemistry between team members.

The objective here is for all team members to work toward a common goal and deliver on the promises of the business.

Your best bet to kick off this team is to schedule some team building sessions that will help them build a common focus and goals so they can accomplish the work they are supposed to do. Make sure you have clarity on the scope and boundaries of the team before you begin.

Here’s a rundown of the team building meetings you’ll want to have. You didn’t indicate how many team members are on your team, but you’ll need to take that into account when you are scheduling time for holding your meetings.

#1 — Kick off, welcome, introductions, why we’re having these sessions, what’s in store for future meetings.

#2 — Validation of scope and boundaries, development of team mission, decisions on communication methods, decision making authority and style, role clarity, how the team will work together.

#3 — Develop goals to support the mission, scope and boundaries, define additional roles if necessary to accomplish goals.

After you have established the team basics and are working toward achieving your team goals, make sure you have regular meetings (at least every couple of weeks, every week would be better, every day would be best), to help the team integrate and make its way through the team stages of development so they can be the most high performing.

Good luck and let me know how this works for you.

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