Team Building

Team Building: Overcome the Five Dysfunctions of a Team®

Getting The Most Out Of Your Team?

At the core of every successful organization is a highly functioning team. Without such a team, organizations tend to get caught in unproductive patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that impact well-being and performance. We provide a team building program based in part on the Five Dysfunctions of a Team along with a number of other tools designed specifically to unlock the potential of your team and get everyone focused on moving the organization forward. The only sustainable advantage is a high-performing team…everything else can be copied. Great teams are capable of the following:

• Building Trust: Members of great teams trust one another on a fundamental, emotional level, and they are comfortable being vulnerable with each other about their weaknesses, mistakes, fears, and behaviors. They get to the point that they can be completely open with one another, without filters.
• Mastering Conflict: Teams that trust one another are not afraid to engage in passionate dialogue around issues and decisions that are key to the organization’s success. They do not hesitate to disagree with, challenge, and question one another, all in the spirit of finding the best answers, discovering the truth, and making great decisions.
• Gaining Commitment: Teams that engage in unfiltered conflict are able to achieve genuine buy-in around important decisions, even when various members of the team initially disagree. That’s because they ensure that all opinions and ideas are put on the table and considered, giving confidence to team members that no stone has been left unturned.
• Embracing Accountability: Teams that commit to decisions and standards of performance do not hesitate to hold one another accountable for adhering to those decisions and standards. What is more, they don’t rely on the team leader as the primary source of accountability, they go directly to their peers.
• Achieving Results: Teams that trust one another, engage in conflict, commit to decisions, and hold one another accountable are very likely to set aside their individual needs and agendas and focus almost exclusively on what is best for the team. They do not give in to the temptation to place their departments, career aspirations, or ego-driven status ahead of the collective results that define team success.