FOCUS AND EXECUTION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS
THINGS TO CONSIDER
COMPLEXITY
Complexity is an ideology that the world is complicated and unpredictable. The reason you need to know about this principle before starting is because of its relationship with tools and frameworks. For example, you can create a plan, a vision or a team dynamic in a workshop and it looks great. But you can’t ever control for everything – the world is a complex (and sometimes chaotic) place. Internal, external and human factors cause things to change.
The point here is that the tools and frameworks here are not the answers in themselves. You have to appreciate and expect complexity to cause disruption. However, the shared level of understanding that the tools and frameworks gives you means you can see when that’s happening and get back into alignment as a team
YOUR TEAM IS UNIQUE
I don’t have your answers – you do. What this method enables you to do is to find them. As you work through the tools and have the conversations, you’re going to find out how your team want to work together. You’re going to find out what your unique operating rhythm is. If your team evolves, if your objectives change, then your rhythm can change too.
You will find some thing more useful than others. You will augment it with your own ideas. What you’ll find most valuable is that you will be asking the right questions: what are we trying to achieve together, how are we going to do it, and are we doing it successfully?