Creating High Performance Teams
Most professionals and novices alike recognize the key ingredients to building a high performance team: persistence, patience, providing the necessary skills and tools.
A more delicate subject that is inherently as important as those stated above is protecting and encourgaing the team by removing those who are not capable, either by skill or attitude, to deliver the level of perforamce the team requires.
Too often ineffective people are not removed in a timely manner and therefore impair the overall performance.
As Jim Collins eloquently expressed in Good to Great, it is about getting the right people on the bus and the wrong people off the bus.
Regarding the team needing a leader, a leader is needed to embolize the actions that lead to the results, create the vision and make the proper choice of team participants, as stated above. However the utimate goal of a successful leader is to create an environment where the leader is there to provide guidance but the team members have ownership of both the processes and the outcome.
Lori Williams has released two new e-books available in PDF format and on Amazon for Kindle. Visit www.BusinessSimplyPut.com and click in ebooks to learn more.
A more delicate subject that is inherently as important as those stated above is protecting and encourgaing the team by removing those who are not capable, either by skill or attitude, to deliver the level of perforamce the team requires.
Too often ineffective people are not removed in a timely manner and therefore impair the overall performance.
As Jim Collins eloquently expressed in Good to Great, it is about getting the right people on the bus and the wrong people off the bus.
Regarding the team needing a leader, a leader is needed to embolize the actions that lead to the results, create the vision and make the proper choice of team participants, as stated above. However the utimate goal of a successful leader is to create an environment where the leader is there to provide guidance but the team members have ownership of both the processes and the outcome.
Lori Williams has released two new e-books available in PDF format and on Amazon for Kindle. Visit www.BusinessSimplyPut.com and click in ebooks to learn more.
Posted by LW and Associates at 1/10/2012 3:42 AM 
Categories: Internal Operations
Tags: lori williams business simply put teams leadership small business advice
Categories: Internal Operations
Tags: lori williams business simply put teams leadership small business advice
Like the old saying goes "One bad apple can spoil the bunch." Never is this more critical than when building task forces. One unmotivated, un-inspired employee can drive an otherwise effective team right into the ground. Never under estimate the power of a negative voice in the work place.
Paul G.
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You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog. Thanks!
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