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Team Alignment

How to Cultivate Team Accountability

What is Team Accountability? I define team accountability as shared ownership of team goals. In fact, what differentiates a team from a mere group of people IS their common interest in shared objectives. Let’s say a group of VPs report to a SVP. Even though every VP may not have a huge role to play in a project, if it’s a goal of the SVP, the entire team is responsible for doing whatever they can to achieve it. Sometimes that means sharing resources, brainstorming ideas, or transferring ...

By |2023-04-27T20:26:35+00:00April 27, 2023|Productivity, Team Alignment, Team Solutions|
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Why is Leadership Important in Business?

A Leader Without Followers…. … is just a person taking a walk according to John C. Maxwell. A business without a true leader is like a hamster on a wheel – most likely running, but not getting anywhere despite the effort! Whenever we’re asked to develop leaders, my first question is: What do we need them to do? I often get blank stares, so I refer them to Enerpace’s Leadership Pyramid: https://www.enerpace.com/company-solutions/ The job of leadership begins with establishing a business’ mission, vision and goals. If a ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:12+00:00July 5, 2022|Leadership, Management, Team Alignment|
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All About Cultivating Team Accountability

I define team accountability as shared ownership of team goals.  In fact, what differentiates a team from a mere group of people IS their common interest in shared objectives.  Let’s say a group of VPs report to a SVP.  Even though every VP may not have a huge role to play in a project, if it’s a goal of the SVP, the entire team is responsible for doing whatever they can to achieve it.  Sometimes that means sharing resources, brainstorming ideas, or transferring ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00March 2, 2022|Blog, Team Alignment, Team Solutions|
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Employee Productivity & Team Collaboration – a Challenge During this Time of Remote Work

Many are challenged working remotely with too much information between Zoom and all the other platforms and apps for remote employees. This is a real problem for both the company and employee.  By the end of the day, folks are exhausted from having to switch their attention so frequently. And, also frustrated from feeling they accomplished too little or weren’t able to produce their highest quality work. There are costs to productivity levels with this pull between individual and team over many platforms. Research ...

By |2021-08-24T19:59:56+00:00February 9, 2021|Productivity, Team Alignment|
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Teams Working Together

So, how do you keep two different teams functioning as separate entities working together? In our work with companies and teams, we’ve found the following best practices to be helpful: Create shared goals – if the teams have common objectives against which their success will be judged, it creates an incentive to stay aligned. Many companies tie variable compensation/bonuses to the shared goals as well, so that everyone operates for the greater good of the company instead of focusing only on what’s best ...

By |2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00November 4, 2020|Communication at Work, Team Alignment|
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