With over 20 years of Executive and Business Psychology, David Munro recently shared his recommendations on supporting leaders to go from “good to great” in their performance and careers to over 100 attendees at a virtual Brisbane Business Hub masterclass. For those who couldn’t attend the event, you can watch the presentation on demand here – otherwise, keep reading for some of the key takeaways.
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” Phil Jackson, NBA Executive & Michael Jordan’s Coach
Many models or frameworks will tell you the components of high performing teams, everything from aligned purpose and clear roles to psychological safety. These can be useful in helping us understand what good looks like or the conceptual pieces of the puzzle to put together.
But how do you put these into action or make them tangible? What are you actually going to DO? Bridging the gap between knowing and doing is a core part of the work Executive Performance Partners focus on in their work. As partners to a wide range of CEO’s, Executives and business owners, they have worked with a wide range of top teams and identified three key actions to build team performance.
High performing teams know where they are going and have a clear set of collective objectives. When this exists, the team experiences benefits such as:
Building a Scorecard for Success is one powerful way to craft and represent these team objectives. Doing so can align both the critical purpose and objectives of the team in a practical way while allowing individuals to feel ownership over their success and that of the team. 5 key tips for building a powerful Scorecard for Success are:
You cannot monitor what you cannot measure. This Scorecard approach ensures clear objectives, measures and accountability.
One key differentiator of high-performing teams is building and maintaining mindsets that foster their success. While there are many worthy of mention here, two that land well no matter the team are:
This allows for greater problem solving, enhanced resilience, more creativity and collaboration. In essence, these teams prompt each other to get back into a growth mindset and focus on achievement.
The easiest way to master sustainable high performance is to leverage the power of habits at an individual and team level. The more we harness the power of our automatic behaviour, the easier we achieve our goals. Habits help us do that. This means small, consistent actions aligned with the team’s objectives, crafted intentionally.
The specific habits for each team can differ however, the components to turning any behaviour into a habit are consistent.
Watch the entire presentation on demand here.