Your business might begin its life as a one-person operation, but it’s unlikely to stay there. Once you’ve leveled-up and expanded your business, you’ll need to look at working with other people to help take your business to the next stage. This will involve outsourcing certain tasks to other companies, and, of course, hiring employees and forming a team. However, while the idea of bringing employees on board might sound relatively straightforward, the truth is that it can be more complicated than many business owners realize. That’s because you’re not just hiring for a task: when you hire someone, you’re adding an outsider to the team. And if that outsider doesn’t click with the existing team, then it could lead to problems.

That’s why it’s really important to develop a hiring process that’ll lead to talented individuals who can also work as part of a team. For this, you’ll need to look beyond their resume, and check that they’ll get along with your other employees and fit in with your broader company culture. A bad hire in this regard can disrupt the team, causing productivity to go down and employee satisfaction to decrease.

You should also promote teamwork with your current employees, too. A team won’t form naturally! It takes work. You can do this by getting people together face to face, and encouraging employees of all teams and backgrounds to communicate with one another.

You can learn more about teamwork in the workplace by taking a look at the infographic below.

Infographic Design By USC