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Creating and Leading High Performing Teams

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A team is a small number of people who are committed to working together to achieve the desired goal. Working together includes talking, sharing ideas, debating issues, collaborating, making decisions, establishing goals, providing feedback, and celebrating success. Teams, like personal relationships, go through stages.

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5 Reasons to Track Team Accomplishments and Focus For Success

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As a leader of a team, I want to take 5 minutes and recap this every day. But the idea seems to have merit when applied to teams, too. They give team members confidence and energy. Our team develops shared appreciation of their contribution to the overall organization. What did we accomplish today? We get what we measure.

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The Team is Your Destiny

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” She would be “Karen the team leader.” Now, you’re measured on your team’s performance. The team is your destiny. . One job is to help the team accomplish their mission. The other is to help individual team members succeed and grow. Help the Team Succeed. You Have Two Jobs.

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Four Skills That Revolutionize Team Communication

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In my last two articles, I’ve explored the concept of a team’s Conversational Capacity ®. Teams that have a high conversational capacity know how to stay in the “ sweet spot.” The fight reaction shows itself in team communication when people engage in “win” behavior. Option 2 gives us the best chance for success.

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Employee Engagement and Successful Change

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What’s often overlooked is the importance of employee engagement in driving successful change. These statistics don’t bode well for successful change efforts. Leaders must improve employee engagement to increase the likelihood of successful change. Work on the team, not just as a team. Invest in team communication.

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Trust Inspires Growth and Success

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When we trust our team, we elevate their status and inspire them to exceed their own expectations. Do you trust your team? When a trustworthy team member is trusted, they respond not only with trust, but with effort and results to backup your trust. Don’t give your team the answers all the time? Trust inspires excellence.

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Experiment Your Way to Success

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Put together a couple of teams of three or four people. Give each team two sticks of spaghetti, a yard of tape, a yard of string, and one marshmallow. Challenge each team to build the highest structure they can that will support the weight of a marshmallow. The kindergarteners don’t plan or try to be the team leader.