Team Effectiveness
“It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.” Patrick Lencioni
If people are complex, teams are even more so. So how to get the best from your team?
According to Richard Hackman and Ruth Wageman, pioneers in the research on teams, effective teams are:
- performing: delivering or exceeding key stakeholders’ requirements in terms of standards of quality, quantity and timeliness
- working well together: in a way that enhances team members’ capability to work together
- supportive: effective teams support individual members’ wellbeing, learning and growth
How does your team compare with these criteria? Likely your team is great at some things and has some work to do in other areas.
Why not assess the current effectiveness of your team with this quick self-assessment?
Typical challenges teams might be facing include:
- Persistent low level conflict/tension
- A newly formed team with strong personalities trying to find the most effective way to work together
- A team facing an organisational restructure or other significant change
There are many benefits of a team taking regular time out to focus on effectiveness, including:
- For individuals: wellbeing, support, about direction of travel, and productivity are all enhanced
- For teams: the whole becomes more than the sum of the parts. This leads to innovations, remarkable delivery and enhanced reputation
- For organisations: supporting team effectiveness across the board reduces sickness absence, improves staff turnover, improves collaboration, and enhances the organisation’s resilience and capacity for learning and adapting to change
I can support you and your team through:
- Advice
- Workshops in team effectiveness
- Coaching for the team leader
- Team away days
- Team coaching programmes
As an external specialist facilitator I bring these benefits:
- A fresh voice with new perspectives
- No organisational baggage which could hinder progress
- Experience in supporting teams across a range of organisations
- Expertise in the research and theory of team working
Here what some participants say have said after working with me…
“I now feel confident to raise any concerns should I have any.”
“Better team working, more conversations across team about how we work together need to be had, but was a fab start.“
“we can achieve a lot more through collaboration“
“Better understanding of team frustrations and how our work links together”
“ Really enjoyed today! gave me some reflective breathing space”
“ We are slowly but surely finding ways for each team to express their frustrations and we are finding solutions.”
My approach to enhancing team effectiveness:
- No obligation initial enquiry – A short conversation to see if we could be a good fit, no commitment from you, just a friendly chat.
- A discovery phase – Should you wish to proceed we will have a more in-depth discovery meeting(s) where we can properly understand your challenges and design a solution with you.
- Delivery phase – Based upon an agreed way forward. This might involve advice, creating resources, training, delivering workshops, individual coaching, facilitating team sessions, team coaching
- Follow up – Assessment of delivery effectiveness and any further advice/tools that you’d find helpful.
Make an enquiry
I love seeing teams I’ve worked with taking thriving and high performing to the next level. If you would like to see how I can help, or if you’re interested in finding out potential solutions please do not hesitate to get in touch.
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