Team Performance (putting it all together)
Since the Team Performance Center first opened its doors, we've had the privilege of witnessing, first-hand, the characteristics and behaviors that help define High Performance Teams. Via working with hundreds of leading organizations from the Silicon Valley and all across California, North America, and beyond, we have seen certain characteristics continue to emerge and manifest themselves in powerful ways within the context of these teams. We carefully studied those characteristics and behaviors, refined them down, and came up with the following list of thirteen attributes...
Keystone Thirteen: The Essentials of Team Performance:
- Unity of Purpose... team has embraced a well-defined and clear mission/sense of purpose that is both inspiring and motivating
- Alignment of Goals... individual goals, objectives, and values are in alignment with those of the greater team (regardless of "formal job descriptions")
- Clear Responsibilities... are understood by all, and in direct alignment with the mission of the team, as a whole
- Individuals Carry Their Own Weight... are competent and making tangible contributions in relation to the overall mission and objectives of the team
- Trust and Respect... between members runs consistent and deep
- Conflict is Accepted... members accept disagreement and conflict as a natural component to any productive group process
- Commitment... to each other, to the process, to performance goals, and to the mission
- Mutual Accountability... between all team members, at all levels
- Leadership is Supportive and Shared... and changes hands at appropriate times
- Well Connected... to the world outside of the team (relationships are not insular)
- Focus on Generating Desired Results... not once, but time and time again
- Sustainable... team embraces ways of feeding and re-energizing its members
- Self-Assess... continuously evaluate effectiveness of team's Standard Operating Procedures and systems, in the constant effort to improve performance and productivity
Our signature Team Performance Process will systematically and purposefully guide the client through each one of these characteristic attributes of a high performance team. The emphases will be on:
- Identifying these characteristics within the client's own organization
- Pinpointing areas of opportunity for growth
- Integrating specific tools into the organization to help reinforce and grow these characteristics
- Translating the Keystone Thirteen into action and, ultimately, desired results
- Establishing a concrete and workable plan for practicing these behaviors on an ongoing basis.
"Like The Greatest Sports Teams And Most Prestigious Symphony Orchestras Throughout History, Your Organizational Fitness Will Take Ongoing Practice and Discipline"
The pre-program interview process with the client will determine which areas of focus will command the greatest attention, and how much time and resource will be dedicated to each. In the end, anywhere from 4 to 32 hours may be dedicated to the process, distributed over a combination of sessions that best fits into the client organization's structure, calendar, and timeline.