'A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other.' – Simon Sinek
No matter if you work on-site or remote, and regardless of your role, you probably are a member of a team. Do you consider your team high-performing? Do you have trust in the people you work with? Unless your answer is "heck yeah!" you probably need to think about this one. And if you are a team lead, you may think you have a high performing team, but you probably need to ask this question to your team members to get an accurate response. But what makes a high performing team?
What does the research say?
Over a decade ago, Google embarked on an initiative to figure out why some teams were great and why some were not. This initiative called Project Aristotle reflected that what makes the teams great were not those make up of superstars, but of teams which were the ways they interacted with each other. Note: it was not the 'hard' skills but the 'soft' skills which make them successful.
Here is a chart showing some of the key results traits discovered in the study. As you see the first one is psychological safety, which requires our ability to demonstrate others that it is OK to be vulnerable. We can trust each other.
As a lead there are various skills you need to develop. As a team member, you can also have significant influence to make it a great team.
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