Main Characteristics of High Performing Teams

Author: Charles Wilson

No leader has ever wanted for a low-performing team. As a team-member have never longed for a dysfunctional team that messes along bumping into difficulties but never achieving much. No matter how strong our competitive drive is, long to be part of a winning team–a high-performing team. The kind of team that crashes problems, knows its goal, and sets a plan in motion to achieve more.

Yet, the dream of the high-performing team looks to slip through grasp. Every team has its greatest moments. Those times when in sync and things move easily in a flow state. It can feel the energy, but it not ever seems to last. Teamwork and team building training will help to develop high performing team. In fact, there are main Characteristics that epitomize teams that constantly outperform. Applying these elements will move team to better cohesion and innovation.

Clarity of Shared Vision: High-performing teams are built on the basis of clarity. They understand the complete vision of the organization with how they fit into the organization’s structure and persistence. As a leader it is obligatory upon to communicate this vision in a practical and clear way. The vision must be reserved front and center in the daily work lives of team members. Every action they take as persons and a group must align and be piercing to accomplish their portion of the vision.

Even if employee aren’t the head of an organization, it still must translate the vision for the team. This occurs through open conversation and through association with team members. Discussion and feedback concerning the overall mission and the team’s place in the vision is significant. Once all members of the team make agreement of their own "sub" vision of the organization of the team they will share in the vision and feel a sense of ownership as they work toward that mutual goal.

Described Roles and Responsibilities: One of the most annoying aspects of work-life is not being clear about roles and responsibilities of the team and the persons within. Only when responsibilities are preserved can responsibility take place. When everybody knows the part they play in the team, devotion to each naturally arises, because team members support each other in accomplishment their specific goals.

Clear and Respectful Communication: Communication is extremely significant in building teams that execute at the highest level. At Fierce, learned communication is the true essential of great teams. Inopportunely, these "soft" skills are hardly taught. Most team members are great technicians but poor at communicating with each other. Time must be consumed with tools to support communication between associates. Team members must learn to respect viewpoints, learn compassion, and accept the different context and viewpoints of each other. No one can be excepted from this task.

Unsettled conflict or common conflict within teams is a sign communication must be strengthened. Conflict is also a chance to extend communication skills and make greater consistency within the group.

Trust and respect: Trust must be given rather than earned. As a leader must exhibition trust in team. Spreading decision making power to the team is one way to give faith. Must also make a sense of trust as well. To make trust as a leader must show some level of vulnerability and be receptive to the desires of the team. Trustworthiness on the part of the leader will filter down into team. As exhibition trust in the capability of team, make an environment where trust each other.

In several ways trust is made from respecting the abilities of each other. Spreading respect builds trust. When start to see trust waver within a team, this is a sign conversation essential to take place to restore what has been lost.

Constant learning and development: Because none of know all the answers or have the skill sets to tackle every challenge, must be open to learning and becoming improved at jobs. Knowing the gaps in a team’s skill set occurs through enduring feedback sessions and conversations. Contributing in constant development discussion as a group leads to visions on these gaps. As a team inspects the pain points or ineptitudes in their work, they can control root causes and make action plans to improve. Development may need training in new skills. Understanding these gaps can only occur if willing to confront in conversation.