TEAMS
Understanding your team ....
How well do you know your team?
There is no doubt about the benefits of effective team working. For those of you who have worked in a high performing team you’ll know it’s not only about the results but the sense of camaraderie and trust which exists.
"Great teams can generate creative solutions to complex problems, as well as offer rewarding experiences of camaraderie and challenge for employees. Indeed, high-performing teams go beyond just excellent work products — they also create growth opportunities for members and the kind of culture that people can’t wait to join. Do we still need teams? "
Hadley and Mortensen. Harvard Business Review April 2022
With the advent of hybrid working there are added complexities for teams. Both employees and employers largely agree that the greatest risks of hybrid work tend to come from frayed workplace collaboration, communication, culture and coworker relationships. (The future of the office has arrived-it’s Hybrid. Gallup. October 23). But it’s not just the changes with the way we work which can have an impact on the team. Whenever people come together there can be challenges as you’ll now doubt have experienced.
The biggest challenges of Hybrid Work.
Information from Gallup.
Top 5 Greatest Challenges for Employees
% Selected by employees
1 - Less access to work resources and equipment
31
2 - Feel less connected to my organisations culture
28
3 - Decreased collaboration with my team
24
4 - Impaired working relationship with coworkers
21
5 - Reduced cross-functional communication and collaboration
16
Top 5 Greatest Challenges for Organisations
% Selected by leaders and managers
1 - Decreased workplace communication
48
2 - Decreased collaboration
44
3 - Negative impact on workplace culture
43
4 - Lower productivity
21
5 - Decreased creativity and innovation
15
How we can help.
When we work with teams, we start with self-awareness. We help each team member understand their own personal style, how their colleagues prefer to work and what this means for the team. An Insights team wheel is created which can really help with those “aha” moments
Insights Discovery provides a common language for the team helping you to understand how the team works together and how this aligns with how each team member prefers to work. This impacts on how the team collaborates.