Developing a High Performing Team
Are you part of a high performing team that wants to excel? Or perhaps you are working hard just to keep afloat, trying to avoid conflict and find a united sense of direction.
Any group of people working together to reach a common goal could be considered to be a team. But, a high performing team is marked out by its behaviour, belief and relationships. Behaviour that is totally focussed and aligned to the achievement of the team vision, team members that believe in the purpose and possibility of that vision and strong relationships that enable healthy and productive conversations. High performing teams get measurable results.
Teams, like people, move through stages of development and teams, like people, need nurturing and investment in order to mature and achieve results.
to attain uncommon results."
Andrew Carnigie
Over the years we have found that high performing teams have many characteristics. A high performing team is visibly flexible and responsive. There is clarity of vision and the team purpose is obvious both to members and to stakeholders. A high performing team will continually seek improvement, take appropriate decisions and deliver sustainable results.
A high performing team feels strong. It has the authority to decide and takes accountability for its actions. Members have a sense of commitment, pride and responsibility. There is mutual trust and respect for each other’s diversity, skill and knowledge. Synergy and knowledge sharing are the normal way of working and fun is a part of daily activity.
A high performing team has healthy relationships with unfettered, multi-directional communication focus on achieving team goals. Feedback is actively sort and individual development encouraged. A high performing team knows when to discuss and when to get on with the job.
is only as good as the commitment and capability
of the people who work and live as part of that team
Becoming a high performing team is a journey. Whilst every journey is different in detail, team development goes through several predictable stages each with its own challenges. It is through this development process that the raw energy and passion that comes from belief are turned into success. We have found the fastest and most sustainable way to build a high performing team is to:
- Start at the beginning
- Build trust and healthy relationships
- Develop clear and compelling vision
- Develop supportive, task focused behaviour
- Make a personal commitment
- Build a strategy
- Seek feedback
- Get results
- Have fun
So whether you are forming a new team, experiencing difficulties or struggling to reach the real potential of an existing team or seeking to stretch and develop a high performing team even further then investing in team development could be the answer.
We can help you do this using a wide variety of techniques designed to create engagement and commitment and get results. These techniques have been refined through experience grounded in sound theoretical knowledge. The building blocks include team development workshops or away days, team coaching, individual coaching and training.
Investing in time out for a team can deliver an incredible return both in term performance and individual drive and wellbeing. Investing in team development will deliver:
- A common identify and vision of the future
- Personal commitment to the team vision
- Healthy relationships
- Productive behaviour
Ken Blanchard
Every team is different. Different in its stage of evolution, different in its interdependencies and different in its aspirations. We have no set program for team development, but work with you to find the best possible mix of components that will achieve what you want to achieve. Team development will always involve a team diagnostics workshop to find out where everyone is starting from and where you want to go.
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