Today’s most successful organizations are energized by teamwork, they are Stage 4 firms with a collaborative work style or culture. It’s not about ping-pong tables and pizza, it’s about working together to achieve something meaningful.
The when, where, why, and how of work is changing. To get ahead of these changes, you need to put a laser-focus on how you deliver performance. We help you set – or reset – your performance orientation, to a more independent workforce empowered to do what they know is the right for the company.
LEADERSHIP THAT BUILDS TRUST AND COURAGE
When employees are encouraged to work with fellow employees from around the company, people they don’t work with every day, they learn from each other. They gain an appreciation for one another. The more diverse the team – by background, department or level – participants learn they have more in common than not.
Teamwork begins with leadership commitment. Commitment to trusting employees to do what’s right. Commitment to empowering employees to try new things, to learn from mistakes. Employee courage is built on the back of teamwork. When employees are encouraged to share ideas for how to enhance your company’s performance, and empowered to implement those ideas (even on a small scale) – you know they will stop it nothing to make it work.
Organizations built on trust and courage are today’s most successful winners. Chances are they’ll be tomorrow’s winners as well.
CHANGE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
Teams are only as good as what they perceive they are “allowed” to do. Leadership needs to let go the reins for organizations to become team-based and collaborative. Stop trying to define HOW to do things for employees and focus instead on WHY. Build a vision and invite your employees to figure out how to achieve it.
We help leadership build a meaningful vision. With a strong vision defined, we work with you to communicate it effectively to every employee. We facilitate employee Idea workshops and teach how and when to form teams. We coach how to participate on teams as vital contributors. We demonstrate how to effectively lead teams. And we help teams identify success criteria and how to measure progress.
