In my work as a coach in supporting teams to do their best work, I like to share with them what some of the research says about what makes teams high performing. I often refer to these as the six factors. As we start the year, it can be useful to take stock of where you are as a team right now and which ones need attention. We will circle back to these throughout the year as well, given their fundamental nature.
As you start this year, consider how your team does on a scale of 1-10 around these six areas, and have some dialogue around the questions I have posed:
1. Shared purpose or mission (Your WHY)
What is your purpose? Your mission? Why you exist? Does everyone hold the same understanding? What does this mean practically for your work? What priorities does your purpose or mission naturally create?
2. Shared behavioral norms
How you do things? What is acceptable and unacceptable on the team? What behaviors and habits exist? Which ones are supportive of exceptional performance? Which ones aren't?
3. Shared commitment
What are team members committed to? What will you get done, no matter what? Is there anything that needs to be dropped off the list?
4. Shared performance goals
What are key goals for the team this year? What are key individual goals? How do your goals align? Overlap? What does success look like for each member? For the entire team? Does everyone have an understanding of the key goals of others on the team and how they feed into them?
5. Shared team practices
Teams that work together effectively share common practices such as a Monday morning huddle, a Thursday night out or some other regular event. What practices support your relationships?
6. Clear Roles
(How our roles overlap, align and connect? What changes, if any, are needed this year around your roles giving your priorities?
Have a great week,
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton, MES, CPT, PCC
Potentials Realized
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Authorized Everything DiSC partner and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team
Email: info(at) potentialsrealized (dot) com
(416)996-8326
As you start this year, consider how your team does on a scale of 1-10 around these six areas, and have some dialogue around the questions I have posed:
1. Shared purpose or mission (Your WHY)
What is your purpose? Your mission? Why you exist? Does everyone hold the same understanding? What does this mean practically for your work? What priorities does your purpose or mission naturally create?
2. Shared behavioral norms
How you do things? What is acceptable and unacceptable on the team? What behaviors and habits exist? Which ones are supportive of exceptional performance? Which ones aren't?
3. Shared commitment
What are team members committed to? What will you get done, no matter what? Is there anything that needs to be dropped off the list?
4. Shared performance goals
What are key goals for the team this year? What are key individual goals? How do your goals align? Overlap? What does success look like for each member? For the entire team? Does everyone have an understanding of the key goals of others on the team and how they feed into them?
5. Shared team practices
Teams that work together effectively share common practices such as a Monday morning huddle, a Thursday night out or some other regular event. What practices support your relationships?
6. Clear Roles
(How our roles overlap, align and connect? What changes, if any, are needed this year around your roles giving your priorities?
Have a great week,
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton, MES, CPT, PCC
Potentials Realized
Team and Leadership Development | Coaching | Retreats
Authorized Everything DiSC partner and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team
Email: info(at) potentialsrealized (dot) com
(416)996-8326
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