I Win Vs We Win

What's Keeping Your Team from Getting the Results You Want?

Has this happened to you? You meet Living Dead Dolls your peers from other departments. You all agree with a hearty, "I can support that" and then you each go back to your department and carry out separate agendas, goals and priorities. You don't act on what you agreed to until the day before the next meeting when you get one of your team members to work on it.

In some organizations, the individual department goals prevent teams from focusing on the team mission. What happens when there are departmental goals that you are dealing with everyday and then there is the TEAM thing? The group gets together for team meetings but their individual co-existing departmental goals prevent them from making decisions Presto Magix the best interest of the team. Each member of the group is working on a different agenda. Work 1962 Topps baseball cards gets in the way of team"work"ing.

Individual goals and metrics are important. The team has to be familiar with other goals of the organization and determine how they are going to meet the needs of the team, organization and company. High Performance Teams don't come by accident; they take discipline, determination and organizational commitment. It is beneficial to use either an external or internal (non-biased) facilitator to work with the teams as they go through this discovery process. Similar to a sports coach, it is easier for an expert to see what needs to change in the game or in this case - with the team dynamics.

Action: Have a session dedicated to sharing other organizational goals as they affect various departments. One interactive way to do this is to do "walk a mile in my co-workers shoes" role-play and see how familiar other departments are with external factors that may affect team members.

Stephanie Y. Oden is the author of Ready, Set, Engage and is known as The Leader Builder. She is a thought leader in the areas of leadership with synergistic intention and team connection, Stephanie is a seminar leader, keynote speaker and executive consultant. She helps individuals and organizations improve business outcomes by having focused, motivated, and on purpose leaders. You can contact Stephanie at href="mailto:stephanie@readysetengage.com">stephanie@readysetengage.com for more information on programs, assessments and consultations

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