This need to succeed and achieve is more critical now than ever during these turbulent economic times, when so many people are competing for so little. At a time when we need to be at our strongest and most assertive we can find ourselves paralyzed by the fear of failure and our own limiting beliefs in our ability to perform.
During the last decade, emotional intelligence became a hot topic and buzzword, and the concept of understanding not just the feelings of others, but also our own feelings came into vogue. A lot of research has been done into Emotional Intelligence to a point that it is now recognized as one of the top 10 skills needed in the workplace.
Execution is the ability to achieve strategic results by implementing effective tactics. Do your team members perceive they have the systems and structures to prioritize, efficiently accomplish tasks, and achieve results? Or is their energy wasted, lots of waving arms without real movement forward?
Many, if not all organizations today face the reality that change isn’t happening every few years but rather that it is happening continuously and at a rapid pace. There is a need to ensure that people have the skills, awareness and attitude to make change happen. Rather than change from a plan, people across the organization need to engage.
The old model of teamwork identified star performers, promoted them and rewarded them. Even if someone left a trail of destruction but got the desired results, they were viewed as stars. But in today’s complex world, it’s difficult for just one person to have a complete vision. Increasingly, performance is explained by our capability to work with others to solve problems and create synergies among multiple talents.
This discussion guide is focused on the five team dynamics Google found to be important for team effectiveness. The guide can help teams identify areas where they might want to improve and elicit ideas of how to do that.
