Earlier today I read about the decision of IBM to bring their virtual team members back into the office, so that they could have more shoulder to shoulder time. It will be interesting to see if physical time together facilitates improved connection and results.
Lack of quality team time is often an issue for teams today, regardless of whether you are part of a virtual team, or an in-person team.
Whether we are having the conversation around a real table or a virtual table there can be real benefit to surface these questions to the team:
Clear vision
Clear roles
Clear goals
Clear performance measures
Shared team practices (which build relationships and results - this could be a Thursday after work social once a month, or daily 2pm meetings)
Shared commitment
How are you doing as a team in these areas?
Have a great start to your week,
Jennifer
Lack of quality team time is often an issue for teams today, regardless of whether you are part of a virtual team, or an in-person team.
Whether we are having the conversation around a real table or a virtual table there can be real benefit to surface these questions to the team:
- What's our common vision?
- What are key priorities this quarter? How are they aligned? Where do they connect?
- What is going to help communicate most effectively? How frequently should we meet – face to face, as a team? How do we keep each other posted?
- How do our roles connect/overlap? How to they leverage our strengths?
- What would you say is the most important thing others know about your work?
- What is the overlap of your work with others?
- What support do you need? (How? When? What kind?)
- What are the roles and responsibilities and reporting structures of other matrix managers?
- What does success look like for our team?
- What are the issues we need to address (or surface)? - Note the risk and trust needed for really answering this question.
- How do we have each other's backs?
- What do we want to do to work most effectively across our differences.
Clear vision
Clear roles
Clear goals
Clear performance measures
Shared team practices (which build relationships and results - this could be a Thursday after work social once a month, or daily 2pm meetings)
Shared commitment
How are you doing as a team in these areas?
Have a great start to your week,
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time(TM)
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326
Potentials Realized | Coaching Team Leaders
Coaching Skills Training | Leadership Development | Teamwork
Growing Team Leaders, One Conversation at a Time(TM)
Contact us to discuss leadership, coaching or performance needs for your and your team
Phone: (416)996-8326
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