Getting the Most from Your Teams
Imagine a team of your employees get together and by utilizing each others strengths, develop a breakthrough idea that catapults your organization. Yes, it can happen.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead |
Team work ability is required more and more in organizations. Whether a group of people are assembled for a specific project or work together on a regular basis, the ability to work effectively with different approaches is essential.
Team members contribute to innovation much like members of a relay team, each taking a role that best meets their talents. Here are several team challenges that benefit from capitalizing on diverse team talents:
- Creating New Ideas: Does your team create new “out of the box” ideas or just recycle old ideas? In creating new ideas your team focuses on the possibilities in an imaginative and abstract way.
- Advancing New Ideas: Do the good ideas of your team “die on the vine”? Perhaps your team needs to focus on interaction with others to spread the word and get people energized about new solutions.
- Refining New Ideas: Does your team rush to implement new ideas without fine-tuning? Your team may need individuals who focus on analyzing and testing ideas for merit and possible errors.
- Executing New Ideas: Do your team members have great ideas that never get implemented? Your team may need to recognize those individuals that focus on implementing realistic, detailed-oriented plans.
Moving from creating to advancing to refining to executing focuses your team on doing the right thing at the right time and allows each team member to utilize their talents to contribute to breakthrough innovation.
Interested in a Team Dimensions workshop for your organization?