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If you want to
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together—African proverb
Know your team’s weaknessesTaking
Know your team’s weaknesses
Taking time to understand individuals’ strengths and weaknesses and developing a strategy to overcome, is key to progression.
Identifying and addressing weaknesses on your team leads to a stronger, more successful unit.
This doesn’t necessarily mean huge change all at once; it’s more important to make consistent, lasting changes.
Teamwork is one of
Teamwork is one of the most critical ingredients for business success, but it’s often oversimplified and misunderstood.
Teams that create chemistry, the X factor that goes beyond resume stats, have the instinctive ability to synchronize efforts to achieve greatness.
Here we explore the connection between team intelligence and optimizing your organization’s performance.
Crack the code on
Crack the code on employee engagement and retention
When it comes to employee engagement, there is no one-size-fits-all.
Having frequent check-ins to seek everyone’s opinions can help build all team members’ confidence and comfort level.
Observe, absorb and respond to the individualized engagement needs of your employees and remember to start small.
Team intelligence explores the
Team intelligence explores the concept of team unity across all aspects of team dynamics and uncovers the keys to optimal performance.
There are many ways you can build team chemistry, keep teams engaged, committed and create a unified approach to a shared vision.
Frequent and genuine recognitionOften
Frequent and genuine recognition
Often the smallest gestures leave the biggest imprint.
Taking time out from writing a business response to send personal praise or show of appreciation can go a long way in nurturing positive emotions and enhancing performance.
Alignment to the common
Alignment to the common goal
The common goal should be clear and absorbed by all —regularly.
Start each meeting with a reminder of the goal for that meeting. Weaving in constant reminders will reinforce the end goal of supporting a shared vision.
Create a psychologically safe
Create a psychologically safe atmosphere
To cultivate a culture of transparency and support, specifically in remote or hybrid working environments, it’s imperative that all team members feel they can openly express their opinions.
To build a psychologically safe workplace:
- Frame the work as a learning problem, not an execution problem
- Acknowledge your fallibility
- Model curiosity
