One of the messages we deliver in many client meetings is, “Look around the table. Ask yourself, ‘What can I do to help everyone else at this table be a superstar?’” Too often in corporate culture, we focus exclusively on our job, our role, our responsibilities. We never pick our head up to see what… Continue reading Helping Each Other: High-Performing Teams Actively Lend a Hand
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Priorities: High-performing Teams Know What Comes First
If your team has twenty or thirty items on its “to do” list, we have one word of advice for you: don’t. Don’t scramble to try to get everything done at once. That is a surefire recipe for increased stress, wasted energy, and missed goals. High-performing teams recognize that to go fast, they have to… Continue reading Priorities: High-performing Teams Know What Comes First
Understanding Roles: Clarity Is Key for High-Performing Teams
High-performing teams all have this in common: everyone understands each team member’s role. It is so easy to say … and so hard to do. We have found in our work that teams are frequently plagued with problems when it comes to knowing who is supposed to do what. Roles on the team may be… Continue reading Understanding Roles: Clarity Is Key for High-Performing Teams
Feedback: The “Secret Sauce” of High-performing Teams
In our “top ten” list of characteristics that define high-performing teams, providing appreciative and constructive feedback is always a tough one to actualize. When it comes to appreciative feedback that recognizes a job well done and seeks to encourage repeat behavior, many people dismissively figure that “it goes without saying” or “no news is good… Continue reading Feedback: The “Secret Sauce” of High-performing Teams
“Dumping” Is Not Delegating
Many people follow a predictable career path: they excel in their job as an individual contributor with no direct reports, the company notices their great performance, and they are promoted to a management position. Many of the same people then stumble into a predictable career pitfall: they are not trained on how to delegate responsibility,… Continue reading “Dumping” Is Not Delegating
The Power of Team Health
If you have been in business for any length of time at all, you probably have experienced or heard of a team horror story. A story of toxic relationships, poor communication, and heightened conflict. A story where energy and motivation were crushed, and grumbling and frustration were the order of the day. This is not… Continue reading The Power of Team Health