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3 Key Principles to Level Up Your Team
And get rid of their anxieties.
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.”
– Babe Ruth
I have been a member of multiple teams and groups, some of which were high-performing and others that were dysfunctional. The leaders of those dysfunctional teams tried really hard to make things work well;
however, due to combinations of leadership and followership expectations, work styles/preferences, and the dynamic nature of the task — the leaders of dysfunctional teams came up short and consequently felt like failures.
Their teams did not perform well, not because they were bad leaders, but rather because they did not have the tools or resources necessary to help their teams perform at their highest levels.
As Scott Henderson ( Organizational Psychology graduate- Columbia University) describes, he had the unique opportunity of retroactively evaluating every team was on. This exercise shaped his approach to leading groups and teams and I believe it will benefit you and the groups/teams you are a part of so your teams perform and win at higher levels.
