Sunday, November 16, 2008

The truth about team development

A great article on Behance reminds us that recruitment and selection is not the end of the story when it comes to setting up your team. What actually goes on inside the team, and the relationships between members, have far mroe impact on team success than simply choosing excellent talented team members.

When I started working in training, I was running a programme in which participants developed their confidence, communication skills, interpersonal skills, presentation skills and enthusiasm over several weeks. When each group came to its final session, they had without question turned into an effective team - and then all went back to their respective organisations.

What was happening? Well, I think that the activities we undertook to develop these skills in the group also ahd the effect of creating the "chemistry" that Scott talks about in his article. that's why, when I started working for myself, I took those same techniques and applied them to real working teams, and got the same great results.

What can you do this week to improve the Chemistry in your team?

All the best,

Dave Bull
Team Coaching Network Ltd
http://www.teamcoachingnetwork.com

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