What is the best way to improve a team's productivity level?

When it comes to team productivity it can be amazingly raise if they are motivated and reinforced by the act of their team leader or managerial levels. Maximum tithis motivation and reinforcement is valued in term of financial incentives and perks but in terms of my opnion if the team leader and the managerial level is also sharing atleast a lilttle effort to meet the target in terms of the ground level day to day efforts as done by the team, which gives a mirror imaging..a real fellowship to the team and is the real reinforcementwhich can amazingly enhances the team productivity

 Different people can be radically different in their level of productivity. One person can produce more in same time frame. For even highly productive teams, there is always a room for improvement. Different techniques can be followed in different circumstances; following are some ways how to improve a team’s productivity.

1. Develop standard procedures for anything that takes a lot of time

Standardize the procedures; you can’t see the problem unless you first standardize how you do everything. Develop written systems and processes because it will help you to identify where there are weakness in your business activities. Then you can identify problem areas and gradually improve each process over time.

2.Examine your procedures to see which steps you can eliminate

After you’ve created systems and procedure, the next step is to simplify them and make them easier to follow. Eliminate all the unnecessary procedures.

 3. Eliminate back and forth discussion over email

Email is not effective for back and forth communication it can slow down the communication. Back and forth conversation that might take days by email due to the delay between responses might take just minutes on the phone or in person. Schedule a meeting once per week to cover all complex issues.

 4. Develop a culture of prioritization

Productivity is not about completing all of your tasks. It’s about completing the most important tasks. A critical skill to develop for everyone in your company is prioritization. Making sure that everyone on the team is focused on their important tasks first and actively “procrastinate” any tasks that are less important

 5. Set up a quiet environment, free from interruptions

For Certain types of work, quiet environment increases concentration levels and productivity

1. Accountability

2. Follow up

3. Manage the work force but avoid micromanagement

4. Encourage, motivate, reward and recognize

5. Reach out to employees by seeking them out

6. Demand realistic targets

7. Team work

8. Ensure that people enjoy their work

9. Break the monotony and rotate

10. Courses and improvement options

11. Spend less time on meetings and more on action

12. Tools and equipment to raise productivity

Make teams who trust each other and have them put their own performance indicators for the goal. 

Ways to increase the productivity

1) Identify your people capabilities

2) Ensure the positive environment and co-operation

3) Keep interactive meeting once in week where people will speak more than chair person

4) Conclude with the right goals and take agreement.

5) Set the right expectations and guide them step by step to achieve the goal.

6) Track their performance and give the feedback and advice to improve

7) Appreciate and Flash the rewards on weekly basis.

8) Be approachable and give the team a ear.

9) Have workshop once in a month and at celebrate the end of workshop.

Financial equivalents - stimulus moral thanks and gratitude and the granting of certificates of appreciation as a result of efforts

Below factors will definitely increase the productivity for the team

1. Discussions to bring new ideas from the team members itself

2. To promote the best ideas and to reward them publicly to motivate all other staffs as well to be more innovative

3. Motivating staffs

4. Set KPI's

5.Unity among work force

6. Delegation of authority to take immediate decisions

7.Allocating time for experimentation to do a mock run of new process which ultimately can increase the productivity

8.Proper break to get the staff refreshed and give more output instead of getting them exhausted

9. Providing proper tools to the members so that work is not affected

. No excuse for the flaws and mistakes. To take disciplinary action which will keep all others staff doings mistakes which can effect the work productivity

the best way to increase one's productivity level is first, to find out which criteria they are low and the causes of being unproductive. from there, create a counter measure and provide especial programs, consistently monitor a formulated procedures, then check if a team member complies to the set target. if gained with positive results then reward the team members with incentive scemes.

treat him/her as human

respect his/her output

put him/her full responsible and trust him/her

Challenge and inspire them.

Be a motivator.

Clear the rules and regulation.

1. Clear communication of Purpose

2. Have a team lead to co-ordinate the activities of the team members

3. Have regular team review meetings

4. Seek superiors help for resources or support that may be required.