In the rapidly advancing IT industry, the key to success often lies in the hands of well-coordinated, motivated, and high-performing teams. Experience across multiple sectors within this industry reveals invaluable insights into building and nurturing effective teams. In this article, Timspark’s CMO Hanna Strashynskaya shares her insights and practical advice, drawn from her almost decade of experience managing diverse teams in analytics, business development, and marketing to foster high-performance teams.

How to build it:

1. Foster a positive working environment that encourages and rewards effort.
2. Align individual roles with personal career goals to enhance intrinsic motivation.
3. Recognize and reward milestones for sustaining team motivation.

How to build it:

1. Promote open communication, enabling team members to share ideas and concerns freely.
2. Cultivate a culture of transparency, clarifying roles, and team objectives.
3. Facilitate team-building activities to foster mutual understanding and trust.

How to build it:

1. Schedule regular team meetings to maintain alignment with project progress.
2. Utilize collaborative tools for seamless and real-time communication.
3. Foster a feedback culture for continuous improvement.

How to build it:

1. Provide regular training and development opportunities for your team.
2. Encourage knowledge and insight sharing among team members.
3. Promote curiosity and stay current with industry trends and advancements.

As we all know, the devil is in the details, yet, without these principles in place, organizations risk inconsistent performance, reduced client satisfaction, and, ultimately, a lack of growth and innovation.

At Timspark, these principles of motivation, trust, effective communication, and continuous learning are our daily bread. Our Core Teams are familiar with their roles, trust their peers, and are motivated to deliver their best, contributing to our consistent success. The principle of continuous learning is integral to our culture, enabling our teams and all departments to adapt and grow with each project. For instance, in the marketing team, we regularly challenge our approaches to marketing channels to find the most effective ones, explore new marketing AI-enhanced tools, and polish up our brand awareness strategy.

In our partnerships with clients, we stick to the same principles. We strive to accumulate the best practices, both in the domain and team cooperation, within our squads and bring them to the customer. It’s what underpins the superior quality and innovative approach we guarantee in every partnership.

How to practice these principles in partnerships:

1. Extend the culture of trust, motivation, and continuous learning to your client partnerships.
2. Encourage transparent and open communication with clients.
3. Incorporate client feedback into your team’s learning and development process.

Whether you’re part of a startup or a large enterprise, the principles discussed here are universal and can help you build more cohesive, high-performing teams. Ultimately, it’s the adherence to these principles that underpins the innovative approach and superior quality that we at Timspark deliver to our clients.

Further reading:

1. MIT SMR—Deloitte Future of the Workforce global study
2. Organizational performance: It’s a team sport
3. Teams and Project Performance: An Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity Approach
4. The Economist — Communication barriers in the modern workplace