I am responsible for a team of 16 people, but nine of the people have been hired recently, over the course of the last four months. Plus six of the nine are Asian Indian.

So I have the dynamic of new people being added to a team that has been together for two years, plus the dynamic of another culture/language.

I have not had problems, but do not see the new team in entirety meshing together as the original team did. Any input as to how I can get people more comfortable with each other and more together more efficiently?

The Team Doc Says…

Merging new team members into an existing team can be a real challenge. One key to remember. You don’t have an old team with new members, you have a completely new team with all the challenges of a start up team effort.

That means your team building tactics must follow the same path as if you had just brought the team together for the first time.

In case you are not familiar with that process, talk a look at Merging Two Teams With Different Cultures for tips on how to build your team into a high performance one.