Building High Performance Teams (Part 1)

When running sessions on team building, as well as doing a number of exercises, I ask two simple questions that often prove to be very thought provoking. These questions form 2 of 4 steps to create a strong team environment.

The first question is:

What sort of team would you like to work in?

When first answering this question people often identify what they don’t want, for instance bitchiness, gossip, talking behind people’s backs. 

Part of my job is helping people to translate these statements: what they don’t want (for instance bitchiness) into what they do want instead (for instance tolerance).

When answering what they actually do want, answers can include:

Respect

Openness

Honesty

Trust

Transparency

Humour

Tolerance

Patience

Read on later in the week for the second question...

Simon Pimenta