The latest research from IBM shown here highlights the power of teams – the difference between Traditional and Team-driven workplaces. It’s compelling evidence to say the least – pushing all 7 characteristics of healthy organizations above the 60% range. Imagine how powerful your workplace would be if 73% of employees trusted management as much as each other. And Engagement was 73% instead of 37% in traditional workplaces. And Alignment around the organization was 65% instead of 40%. The list goes on…
What is a Team-driven workplace?
Simple: employees do most of their work on a team vs. doing most of their work alone. What it doesn’t mean is attending meetings all day! In a Team-driven workplace, employees choose to form and participate on teams because they know it’s the best way to achieve goals. A team-driven workplace –
- encourages people to form and participate on teams
- features team goals in addition to individual goals
- includes reward systems designed to embrace teams
- is often more cross-functional than department-centered
- centers around passion for the team over technical skills
- features managers who support employees to work in teams
- focuses on building internal expertise vs. hiring the expertise
- centers around company impacts over department impacts
Ready to start? We 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.
Our exclusive MAD Teams Leap process is a journey toward a team-driven workplace that combines innovation, teamwork and training. The process is proven. The results are proven. Begin your journey today – contact us.