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Building high performance teams

Why is this important?

Consider for a moment how much of your business is delivered by individuals and how much is produced by a team effort. The truth is that some 98% of business is delivered as a result of teamwork, drawing from a wide range of skills, experience, knowledge and backgrounds.

The ability to build cohesive, high performing teams is now an expected core competency for any manager or aspiring leader, but how many managers have been trained or coached in the art of building a high performance team? How many are aware of the psychological processes involved in teamwork or know how to actually capitalise on conflict or competitiveness to generate a positive outcome?

If 98% of your business is conducted by teams, you will appreciate that knowing how to build high performance teams will dramatically impact the performance of your business and may make the difference between supremacy and survival in your market sector.

How O" can help you

If you need to build a high performance team to deliver a specific project or business task, or if you have a team that is not performing as well as you would like, O" can help you. We have a wealth of experience of putting together the right individuals and building them into a high performance unit.

O" can help you in the following specific areas by:

identifying the right individuals for the right tasks
clarifying team roles and functions
coaching your team members through the psychological stages of team growth Â from conception through high performance to adjourning
identifying why a team is not performing
clarifying an individual's motivation factors to high performance
resolving conflict and using healthy competition to elevate performance

The benefits to you

Building high performance teams is a critical business need and may make the difference between a project being delivered on time and within budget or not. Many thousands of pounds are wasted by underperforming teams and developing the in-house competency to build high performing teams will inevitably lead to you generating more profit as well as enhancing your reputation with internal and external stakeholders.

How sure are you that your teams are performing as well as they can?

Do you know the psychological processes involved in building a high performance team?

Can you say with 100% certainty that all of your teams are performing at their peak?

If you have answered "no" to any of the above questions, contact Robin Johnson or Philip Perry at O" Consulting on 0845 260 7700

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