The first step is to take stock of what the current situation looks like.
What is the core mission? How does each team member formulate what growth is expected, desired. What behavior is expected from each team member?
Does each team member know his or her role, function and responsibility within the team? Are the lines and agreements clear?
How are the systems organized and how is that working out?
How is the mutual cooperation, how is the group dynamic?
To what extent is there room for individual ambition and drives?
How is mutual appreciation expressed?
step 2
Agreement on the current situation
Interaction and cooperation
Once the upstream is mapped, a second step can be made, which is to start focusing on mutual interaction and cooperation. This is also known as the undercurrent. This can be any unwritten and unspoken rules that stand in the way of a team's growth and performance.
This group culture is there for a reason. It has arisen and has a function. After all, what makes the team maintain this pattern? What does it produce? And how does it get in the way? What would become available if it were resolved?
step 3
Choosing focus, agreeing on small steps
Shared focus
A third step in the process, then, is to have the team map out a first step toward achieving the intended outcome. The team chooses a common focus. What will it accomplish, what will it take, what will it cost them?
step 4
Breaking down barriers and saying goodbye
Causes, shadowsides and undermining behavior
At this step in the process, the team determines what are the impeding causes that may be getting in the way of excelling as a team. In other words, what are the shadow sides, undermining behaviors or ingrained patterns that can be parted with. In this way, the team can connect with each other in a safer way.
step 5
Making everyone accountable
Shared responsibility
Only then is the translation made to each team member individually. What does each one individually have to do to make the team a success. What will you do more, what will you stop doing and what will you keep the same? In this step, each team member formulates their own concrete steps. By sharing this with the team, team members can sharpen each other and keep each other "accountable. This creates shared responsibility to support and help each other grow.
If all goes well, the team can now proceed without a team coach.
Often there is a question from the team:
How do we retain what we have learned?
step 6
Maintain
Indeed, to keep each other on their toes in the future, you and your team make a maintenance plan. How to recognize pitfalls, hold each other accountable and solve it together sooner. Very handy.
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Marijne is happy to tell you more about how she can help your team regain focus and excel.