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MARK'S REOSURCES: BUILDING EFFECTIVE TEAMS

GENERAL RESOURCES

MARK’S SLIDES

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NEW LEADER Assimilation tool

The New Leader Assimilation Tool is a process for opening communication channels for new or existing leadership and their staff. In the case of a new leader, it answers questions that would otherwise take up to a year to answer, and sets the stage for building individual and team relationships.

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STEP 1: CONTEXT AND MOTIVE

ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH OVERVIEW

This document provides a summary of the four disciplines of organizational (and team) health. I use this model all the time to great effect.

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THE MOTIVE

Use this simple self-assessment to evaluate your leadership in terms of taking a responsibility centered motive for the situations that you must embrace as the leader of the team.

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DISCIPLINE 1: DEVELOP A COHESIVE TEAM

STEP 1: DEVELOP IDEAL TEAM PLAYERS

Conduct this simple, 30-60 minute activity to develop trust and begin to change the conversation on the team. Suggested sequence:

1. Watch Pat’s video at the bottom of this page.

2. Download this exercise to conduct with your team.

STEP 2: DO WORK TOGETHER

Information on the Working Genius model – a game-changer to do work collectively as a team instead of in individual role silos:

The Working Genius site (general info + take your own assessments)

Download this One Pager on the Six Types of Working Genius

STEP 3: PERFORM AS A TEAM

Based on The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni.

Trust: Building vulnerability based trust is an essential piece of re-engaging teams. Here is a 30 minute exercise, which I use on leadership team offsites, that quickly changes the conversation on the team.

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Conflict: With vulnerability based trust, team members are willing to engage in healthy, passionate debate around ideas. View the healthy and unhealthy conflict behaviors in the slides.

Commitment: When team members are willing to engage in healthy, passionate debate around ideas, they are more likely to commit to the team’s direction

Accountability: When the has truly committed to a course of action, it is more likely to hold each other accountable. Activity: ask each person on the team how they want to receive feedback from others.

Results: When team members hold one another accountable, the team is more likely stay focused on the results that matter.

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DISCIPLINE 2: CREATE CLARITY FOR THE TEAM

SIX CLARITY QUESTIONS

This is an overview of the six clarity questions that I briefly reviewed.

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THEMATIC GOAL MODEL (question #5)

Don’t have the time necessary to walk through all six questions? No matter what, use this model to answer question #5. Answering this question takes diligence and time but is transformational for a team to start working together and focus on what is actually what’s important.

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Watch Mark’s Whiteboard Session

DISCIPLINE 4: REENFORCE CLARITY FOR THE TEAM

recommended meeting rhythm

Download the recommended meeting rhythm to make your meetings and team much, much more productive, enjoyable, and cohesive.

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START THE CONVERSATION

Click on the button to start a conversation with Mark about your team.