Winning Teams

Jeremy Snape, performance coach to the South African Cricket Team – the top rated team in the world (November 2009), on creating a Winning Team…

“It’s not a switch you can flick to make them believe in themselves (including each other). It’s more a ‘mindset shaping’… and that is ongoing”

When is a “team” not a “team?”... When a group of people who work for the same business or part of a business, who meet regularly or irregularly, take no interest in their colleagues contribution to the business, and do nothing to ensure they work effectively as a truly cohesive team … which probably accounts for a large majority of business teams!

So what do ‘Winning Teams’ do that groups don’t do?

They have complete Trust in one another… They have Shared Core Values…They Resolve Differences effectively and Move on… They take Personal and Full Responsibility for their actions and outcomes… They Support each other… They have a Common Purpose… and speak with One Voice… They Focus on Results and Communicate Openly and Honestly at every opportunity. …They Work at Sustaining Team Relationships and Cohesion … They productively Influence all stakeholders inside and outside the business.

“There’s a huge leverage from better working teams. When you look at the value-added, it’s out of all proportion to the salaries of team members”
LYLE SPENCER, BUSINESS ANALYST

The “Winning Teams” Programme includes:

  • AGREEING A WORKING VISION, a Clear Direction and Shared Core Values
  • EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE – creating a culture of Openness, Honesty and Trust
  • I.COM - running self as a business within a culture of “Collective Responsibility”
  • I.COM MEETS US.COM – no “Them”. Only “Us”
  • TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS
  • “BUILDING BRIDGES” – communicating effectively and sustaining productive relationships
  • LEARNING the “LANGUAGE OF SUCCESS”
  • Moving … from blame to Solutions And Support
  • “TEAM DIALOGUING” – resolving conflict and moving on
  • BUILDING Leadership CAPACITY

“The level of challenge you provide them in your unique style really got them thinking and wanting to work more on the areas we identified” – SENIOR MANAGER, SCOTTISH WIDOWS BANK