High functioning organizational teams are the result of many variables. Here are some of the important elements that go into that complex melting pot:
- Purpose
- Clarity of Vision
- Autonomy in work deployment
- Alignment of skills to assignment
- Fair compensation
- Trust
- Relationships
- Balance
Getting it right is tricky business, to say the least.
The wisest leaders I know put at the very top of the list RESPECTFULNESS. They understand that environments that permeate respectfulness (modeled from leadership first and pervasively) are the ones that stand the best chance of cohesiveness and optimal performance (as individuals and as a team).
A lot of stuff matters when we’re doing important work. Respectfulness may matter the most.
*If you’d like to read more of nc’s blatherings, go to nc’s Recursive Learning.
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