Learn how to keep your team focused and motivated to get the big projects done.
Talking Points:
- Step #1: Develop a team contract. This (preferably brief) document should focus on the team’s goal, responsibilities, and norms. Everybody understands, signs, and commits.
- Step #2: Short, frequent meetings as opposed to long, drawn-out meetings. The longer between meetings, the more the team drifts off-track. At each meeting, revisit the team contract as a grid to gauge progress and address hangups.
- Step #3: Stand and deliver – literally. Every week, team members should be given space to share their accomplishments. Teams that do this are 34% more productive than teams that don’t.
- Step #4: Create a line of sight. When team members see how their effort is positively impacting the end goal, they are more productive.
Discussion:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Have you ever been part of a group or team where some people were clearly not pulling their weight? What happened?
- What would it look like for your team to develop a team contract? What would be the goals, responsibilities, and norms?
- What are meetings like for your team right now? Are they effective or not so effective? What, if anything, needs to change?
- Why is it so important for team members to regularly be given the opportunity to share their progress and hangups? How could this practice help your team succeed?
- What can you do to help establish “lines of sight” for your team or workplace?
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
