Developing a High Performing Team

DEVELOPING A HIGH PERFORMING,COHESIVE TEAM

Turning a team of champions into a champion team

1. Reflect on your current team

2. Enemy At The Gates: Peak Performance Prevention

3. Core components of a high performance team

4. Gap analysis

5. Action plan

To develop a high performing team…

Reflect on current team

1. What do you like about your team?

2. What do you not like about your team?

3. Where are you letting your team down?

4. What are you doing great for your team?

5. How would you rate your teams overall performance(%)?

6. In your opinion, what is the biggest overall area for

improvement within your team?

Self-Assessment: Your current team(s)

Why teams fail

Ø INSINCERITY: LACK OF CANDOUR / TRUST

Ø EXTENSIVE RULES V’S ESSENTIAL BOUNDARIES

Ø LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY/COMMITMENT

Ø LACK OF OPPORTUNITY: BOREDOM/TEDIUM

Ø SINKING OR SWAMPED

Ø UNIFORMITY: CLONE ARMY

Activity…

WHICH ENEMIES MAY BE LURKING AT YOUR GATES?

Core components of a high-performing team

Clear, Capable and MotivatedCLEAR

MOTIVATEDCAPABLE

Is your team member clear on:

1. Vision

2. Mission

3. Values (how you roll)

4. How their team feeds into the bigger picture

5. What constitutes high performance (KPIs and standards)

6. What are they responsible for

Clear

Do they have the following to perform at a high level:

1. Knowledge / Skill-set

2. Experience

3. Tools / Equipment

Capable

Do they have the following:

1. They understand why they are doing what they’re doing

2. Incentives for achieving goals and milestones

Motivated

MOTIVATION MODELS

Douglas McGregor

Theory X(Rewards and Punishment)

Theory Y(Ambition and Self

Control)

MOTIVATION MODELS

Theory X(Rewards and Punishment)

Theory I(Autonomy, Mastery &

Purpose)

Daniel H. PinkDrive: The Surprising Truth About What

Motivates Us

‘An internal state or condition that activates behaviorand gives it direction’

‘Desire or want that energises and directs

goal oriented behavor’

‘Feelings that drive someone toward a particular objective’

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

“Motivators are those things which you believe are important and where you tend to invest

your time, energy, effort and resources.”

COLLABORATIONAVOIDANCE : I Don’t Care

ACCOMODATION : You Win; I Lose

COMPROMISE : 50/50% I Win - Lose

COMPETITION : I Win; You lose

COLLABORATION : Win - Win

CALMNESS

‘CALMNESS IS POWER’JAMES ALLEN

CANDOR

‘The biggest, dirty little secret in business’JACK WELCH

Gap Analysis

1. What is the vision for the company?

2. What is the mission for the company?

3. What are the company values?

4. Why is their role important and special?

5. How does their role feed into the bigger picture?

6. What constitutes high performance? (Their KPIs and standards)

7. What are they responsible for?

Activity: Getting one team member clear

1. Do they have sufficient knowledge to perform well?

2. Do they have the relevant skill-set?

3. Do they have enough experience at the task(s) you’re

getting them to do?

4. Do they have the relevant tools and equipment needed to

do the role to a high standard?

Activity: Is your team member capable?

1. Are they clear on why their role is critical to the business?

2. Are there incentives for them to do their job well?

3. If so what are they? (Money, Praise, Awards etc.)

Activity: Is your team member motivated?

Action Plan

1. What is the vision for the company?2. What is the mission for the company?3. What are the company values?4. Why is their role important and special?5. How does their role feed into the bigger picture?6. What constitutes high performance? (Their KPIs and standards)

7. What they are responsible for?8. Do they have the sufficient knowledge to perform well?9. Do they have the relevant skill-set?10. Do they have enough experience at the task(s) you’re getting them to do?

11. Do they have the relevant tools and equipment needed to do the role to a high standard?12. Are they clear on why their role is critical to the business?13. Are there incentives for them to do their job well?14. If so what are they? (Money, Praise, Awards etc.)

Where were your weaknesses?

1. Reflect on your current team

2. Why teams fail

3. Core components of a high performance team

4. Gap Analysis

5. Action Plan

Recap