Teams are the core of high performance. Not all work groups are teams. Is there really a difference?
Team or Work Group?
The word – team – is often used, but it really is describing a work group and not a team. Work groups become teams when they come together around a unified goal along with the following characteristics:
- Well-defined roles and responsibilities
- Ability to leverage conflict into helpful discussion and debate
- Healthy communication
- Ability to handle tension between status quo and change
- Ability to have fun
- Care about each other
High performing teams are at the core of consistent success. To build a high performing team requires a strategy.
Learn to advance your group’s ability to be cohesive and work together despite differences and challenges. Included are activities to warm up, build curiosity, problem solve and implement.