Three factors that Deliver High-Performance Teams.

Well, before we dwell on understanding the factors or behaviours required to develop high-performance teams. Lets firstly look at understanding what exactly is a High performing team. With that being said, A team is more than a group of people who work together. A high performing team is a group of people who share a common vision, goals, metrics and who collaborate, challenge and hold each other accountable to achieve outstanding results. You know a high performing team because the members:

 Have a clear and vision of where they are headed and what they want to accomplish
 Are excited about that vision because they took part in creating it
 Act from clearly defined priorities
 Have clear measures of success and receive feedback about how they’re doing
 Maintain open communication and positive relationships with each other
 Identify and solve problems
 Make decisions when and where they occur
 Successfully manage conflict
 Share leadership responsibilities
 Participate in productive meetings
 Have clearly defined roles and work procedures
 Cooperate cross-functionally

Solid teams are the foundation of a high-performance Team and developing those teams is an effort that requires serious effort and consistent discipline. As AgilePowerTeams, we walk any team, step-by-step, through a process to assist them to take full responsibility for their business results.

These Three factors describe the behaviors of leaders who had those high-performance teams.

1. Team Leaders Inspire More Than They Drive
High-performance teams are more pull than push. Leaders in high-performance teams know how to create energy and enthusiasm in the team. Team members feel inspired, that they are on a mission and what they are doing is of great importance.

2. Team Leaders Resolve Conflicts And Increase Cooperation
Conflicts can tear teams apart and leaders need to work to help resolve differences quickly and promote cooperation. Often team leaders assume that mature people will resolve conflict on their own. If that were true, however, there would be no divorce, separations or wars. In high-performance teams, differences are addressed quickly and directly. This requires a level of maturity in team members. When people believe that they are trusted and others have their back, disputes can be resolved. Team leaders that focus on competition versus cooperation never achieve outstanding results.

3. Team Leaders Set Stretch Goals
Leaders who know how to set stretch goals create an internal drive in the team to accomplish the impossible. People don’t really want to come to work and do something that any other team could accomplish; they want to do something extraordinary. When they accomplish something that is extraordinary they recognize that they personally are capable and competent. Doing something out of the ordinary helps people recognize that they are exceptional and their satisfaction with work, their engagement and pride all go up.