Team work plus creativity equals engagement

In an experiment in teamwork at Deloitte LLP offices in India, giving employees license to experiment was a powerful motivator that raised their levels of contribution. Employees can be inspired to perform better if their creativity is challenged through teamwork. At four Deloitte LLP offices in India, Kumar, a managing partner in charge of Deloitte LLP’s India operations, and Raghavendran, vice president of analytics for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services in Hyderabad, India, initiated a contest.

Employees were invited to join teams and asked to develop solutions to a wide range of challenging, real-life business problems. The program, called Maverick, judged teams on their ability to identify critical issues, come up with solutions that were smart, challenging and practical, and present their ideas to the organization.

The program worked like a reality TV show, with a losing team eliminated from the contest each week, while winning teams advanced. Thus to advance we should have both team work and creativity only then can we advance and achieve success.