The Required Elements for an Effective Team Launch
Practical tips for creating high-performing teams
A team working agreement is a documented set of ground rules that a team creates to hold each other accountable for positive behaviors. It’s a common element of a team startup or launch, and strong teams often revisit their team norms. However, to help a group form quickly as a team or recover from a storm of change or disruption, it takes more than a shared understanding of expected behaviors. Read on to learn some unexpected elements to an effective team launch.
Google studied 180 of their teams to examine the elements of high-performing teams. Project Aristotle’s researchers proved that you could not design a perfect team, even considering the team’s size, diversity of skills, experience, and personality traits. There is simply no formula for a team profile that will ensure a team will work together well. In short, the Project Aristotle “researchers found that what really mattered was less about who is on the team and more about how the team worked together.”
The research highlighted several inputs that can impact team effectiveness, effectively creating the right environment for success. While independently, these inputs might seem like common sense, they are often overlooked in helping a team form or re-think how they work together.
First, start with a team. The first, often overlooked point is that a team is different than a workgroup. A team is interdependent and needs each other to get things done. Therefore, having a team for a teaming agreement is a critical prerequisite. Groups may work together to share information, but teams work together to complete a goal. Given that you have a team, this article reveals four dimensions of a teaming agreement, with tips and links to practical tools and insights from human behavior experts.
Read on to learn how to go further in your teaming agreements, or watch the webinar here.
