research suggests that working in teams can increase individual productivity by up to 62%
ignores the reality we live in. The rate of change in ICT continues to increase, so even if you “get there” quickly, you won’t “stay there” for long before you have to gather the troops once again and embark on yet another change journey.
The future of work
The successful businesses of the future equip their staff with the skills and environment required to learn, improve and adapt continuously.
These businesses don’t go on a change journey, they create teams of explorers and journey(wo-)men connected through common values and purpose, and defined by explicit, shared boundaries. Enter the combination of "High Performing Teams” and a delivery framework supporting “emerging processes” to create organisations that learn and adapt continuously to stay ahead of the competition.
What are High performing teams?
There are some great resources on High
Performing Teams (HPTs) available today,
most of which would vastly exceed the scope of this article (and most likely bore you to tears). So here’s a quick summary of the key components of HPTs derived from Larson and LaFasto (1989):
1 .HPTs are goal-oriented and deploy their
skills in a way that achieves desired
outcomes
2. HPTs seek unified commitment to the
goal, and team member buy-in is
paramount
3. HPTs create a psychologically safe
environment for effective collaboration
4. HPTs manage conflict openly and
honestly to arrive at the best possible
outcomes
5. HPTs care for the quality of their output
and hold each other accountable to high
standards
So far, so awesome, right? And if all of that doesn’t have you chomping at the bit then let’s go straight for the business jugular -
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