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High Performing Teams: The Foundation of Successful Organizations
Building, developing, and launching high performing teams does not happen automatically. It requires a well-defined plan and purpose, a structured approach, a clear understanding of desired results, and a way to measure success.
Are You Leading a TOP Team?
As a leader you are only as good as the team you lead. A TOP Team is a team performing at: “Team Optimal Performance”. Find out how to become a TOP Team and take the Leadership and Team Reality Check Up.
What's Missing from Leadership Development Programmes?
There is one area that has not been covered in leadership development programmes very well. It’s what Otto Scharmer calls the Blind Spot of Leadership, and he’s referring to what goes on inside the leader. Most leadership development programmes only address what goes on outside leaders – that is their behaviours and the knowledge and skills that is it thought guide the leaders actions. This article will outline a 'map' of the interior landscape of the leader and the actions that result when this is well developed.
Bringing Association Teams Together - One Game At a Time!
In this article published in the Canadian Society of Association Executives Association Magazine details tips and techniques for getting teams to work together more efficiently.
The Five Levers of Leadership
Leaders have tough jobs. Why? Because in most cases they bear 100 percent of the responsibility for the performance of their team yet receive little glory for their efforts. The best leaders work longer hours, endure more stress, and have greater responsibility than the people they manage.

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Master Your Game: High Performance Teams Self-Assessment
Last month, I talked about the difference between groups and teams. (See September newsletter.) I also discussed the many benefits of teams. For another important reason for improving your teams, look no further than the bottom line. When a team does not perform its task, the opportunity costs are great. Poor team results, missed deadlines, members not committed to the outcome, stress and frustration, unproductive hours - these are some consequences of poor-performing teams. How much are these worth to you? The good news is, with professional coaching, it is possible to convert your groups into teams. Furthermore, you can boost your team's level of performance from good to great. High performance teams mean mutual commitment that leads to innovative outcomes and measurable positive results.
4 Common Denominators of High Performing Teams
There are four common denominators of high performing teams. When these elements are present, teams are almost guaranteed to be efficient and rewarding for the members. The elements are: Common goals, Trust, Good Leadership, and a Good Charter. If your team has these four elements, chances are you are enjoying the benefits of working on a high performance team.

Tips to Improve Team Culture
The culture of a team governs its effectiveness. Most teams have a culture that allows adequate performance despite many unfortunate outbreaks of tension and sometimes childish behavior. It is unfortunate that more teams do not experience the exhilaration of working in a supportive culture that produces excellent results. The methods of building teams into high performing units are well documented, but most teams do not go through the rigor required to get to that level. This paper blends well known processes with horse sense born of experience that will allow any team to perform better.

SIX LESSONS FOR EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL TEAMS: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
Virtual teams are more prevalent than ever. But the fact that virtual teams continue to grow in popularity doesn’t mean they’re always being used and managed properly. Quite the contrary. To help organizations maximize their investment in virtual collaboration, we conducted a study of 48 virtual teams to understand the success factors of top performing virtual teams. We identified six lessons for effective virtual teamwork.

How much training should I give my sales team?
Highly effective sales people and teams do not happen by chance. A study by Aberdeen Group (2009) of 8,500 top performing companies with a turnover in excess of $50 million, showed that the highest performing of these in each of their industries provided their sales teams with no less than 8 days of focussed sales training per year, and this did not include product training.
Hello, Is Anybody Out There? Facilitating High Impact Virtual Meetings
OnPoint’s global research study on virtual collaboration identified the factors that differentiate high performing virtual teams, or a success profile of “what good looks like”. One important differentiator was effective virtual meeting management, such that top performing teams have high-quality virtual meetings (v-meetings) and lower performing teams struggle with this.
Improvement Planning Infrastructure and Process
The high performing "born leader" is a dangerous myth. Few highly effective teams just fall into place on their own because the right people were thrown together. High performing organizations don't automatically emerge because somebody wanted them to, had a brilliant idea, or saw a great market opportunity.
Matching Team Types and Focus
Managers' growing understanding of the power of a team-based organization has created an explosion of teams. We're now seeing a profusion of high-involvement teams, high-performance teams, corrective action teams, service and quality improvement teams, project teams, task forces, steering councils, process management and improvement teams, problem solving teams, cross-functional teams, departmental teams, work teams, regional or branch teams, self-directed and self-managed teams, semi-autonomous teams...to name just a few.

Bridging the Virtual Gap: It’s All About Developing New Habits
In a study conducted by our company, OnPoint Consulting, we found that many companies that had made significant investments in technology and virtual teams were not performing to their full potential. In fact, the study found that more than 25 percent of the virtual teams were not fully performing. The cause, we believe, is that organizations are approaching working on and leading virtual teams as if the dynamics are the same as those of team members who are working in the same location.
BUILDING A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM
When you see a high performing team, whether in sport or business, they really stand out. So what’s their secret? Are they just a better group of individuals brought together in one team, or is there something more to it? High performing teams don’t just happen by accident and there are always a number of common ingredients that they all share.
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