Team Working

Thomas rang. “We are a good team, we’ve worked well together for years and we all know each other and get on. Yes there are a few personalities, nothing major, though there is always some of that going on isn’t there? It’s just we seem to have lost our way a bit, the energy is…

When the top team is working together towards a common vision they are twice as likely of having above-median financial performance. And executives are five times more productive when working in a high performing team than they are in an average one. Sounds about right to me and McKinsey are a class act, have considerable…

For those working hard right in the middle of an organisation it’s difficult to notice the gaps or overlaps or when things are not joined up. Here’s an example: you are in a busy café for lunch. You eventually catch the waiter’s attention and ask ‘excuse me, what’s soup of the day?’ He hesitates for…

When does 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 in terms of a team? Here the people are working against each other and the team output is less than the sum of their individual contributions. It’s dysfunctional though still producing. Getting things done is hard work and…

What would it be like if your team had time to think – together – instead of continuously responding as individuals to emails and urgent matters of the day? I believe collective thinking and listening time is fundamental to effective collaboration and team working. I also believe it rarely happens. If you were able to…