The Effects of Team Commitment

Work teams have become more common in business organizational structures. By putting employees into groups for shared work processes or activities, your organization benefits from more ideas, better ideas and increased collaboration. Several positive effects result when employees commit to their work teams and the organization in general.

Team Commitment Basics

  1. Work teams achieve the most success when employees and teams share the same vision and a collective feeling of trust within and between groups. Commitment to team members, the work team and the organization are the three common types of team commitment integral to success, according to Kevin Eikenberry in his EyesOnSales article "The Three Types of Team Commitment." Good leadership and shared vision usually contribute to a workplace where employees show commitment on all three levels.

Shared Responsibility

  1. Team commitment means employees are more likely to pick up the slack for a missing worker. In a more individual-centric environment, employees tend to avoid taking on more work than they are individually responsible to complete. However, committed team members realize the work team and the organization benefit when the team's work is completely thoroughly and accurately. This prompts an individual to complete a slow or missing worker's task rather than leave it unfinished.

Retention

  1. Retaining top employees is a common concern for organizations. Getting commitment from team members in your organization can improve your retention. The Rainmaker Group offers consultative retention services that heavily emphasize ways to improve communication and morale to retain key team members. Team members committed to their work groups and the organization more likely will focus on the positives of the organization's vision and work through workplace challenges.

Bottom Line Results

  1. The major benefit of team commitment is improved bottom line results. Committed employees make decisions that benefit their colleagues, team and organization. Collaboration on projects and work usually leads to better ideas and more effective performance. Retaining your top workers means your collective knowledge base is high and you save on the expenses of high employee turnover. Your business can also deliver quality products and services more consistently, which boosts your brand image.