#Teams365 #1554: Follow-through - The other Part of High Performance

Welcome to the month of April where we’ll be focusing on several productivity and relationship springboards for teams. Getting things done in a productive and efficient way is critical for business success today – whether you are a one-person show or a multi=national. In this month’s posts we’ll be revisiting some of the foundations of performance – the six factors, as well as posts around accountability, team systems, meeting efficiency, and working across styles. This will supplement my Monday posts which include Effective Virtual Conversation tips, Thursday’s Team Building Questions, and Friday’s Flashback Fridays which reconnect with past posts. Saturday’s team quotes, and Sunday’s team videos will continue, with today’s focus on revisiting the six factors. In my work around team development these are usually a common starting point to help teams identify where they are doing well, and areas which may need a little attention.
 
Tuesday April 3 – Follow-through – the other part of High Performance
Planning, and goal setting are important areas, but without a follow-through via application, accountability and iteration, the equation for high performance is half complete.
A few weeks ago, my Sunday video focused on accountability.  Today’s posts focuses on the notion of follow-through. In today’s virtual teams, being able to set everyone up for success around follow through is critical. Does each team member:

• Have the resources they need to do their work?
• Have the authority to do what they need to get done?
• Have a clear vision of what’s required?
• Have identified what “success looks like” for the task or project?
• Have a feedback loop and mechanism to indicate how things are going.

As you consider your major tasks this month, or quarter, what does follow-through look like for the major tasks and projects you have?
What might get in the way of these tasks?
What’s going to help with follow-through?
What projects are similar that people can be learning from together?
Three books which I have enjoyed recently on this topic are:
The Productivity Project – Chris Bayley
Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, Thrive wit the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness
High Performance Habits – Brendan Buchard

Jennifer Britton
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