025 Adapting the Framework to YOUR organization

027 Summary and Final Reflections

In this final episode, I summarize all of what I covered in the preceding 26 episodes and discuss the resources available to listeners.

026 Tackling Trust

All teams attempting to enhance their performance must deal with trust. There are lots of theories about what trust is, why it matters and how to develop it. There are also countless exercises and activities designed to build trust. Most of these theories and approaches assume that trust is the key to effective teamwork, a necessary precursor. Our research led me to believe is that trust is an outcome, not a prerequisite. This difference it crucial for understanding how to approach trust in teams.

025 Adapting the Framework to YOUR organization

The key to this framework are the insights and theories that lie behind it. The name of the Imperatives and Practices are just labels; we encourage you to adapt this Framework to your organization and culture.

024 Practices 5 and 6 - Activate ways of Working and Sustain & Renew

Great teams don't just conduct their business. willy-nilly. They align their collaborative processes, like meetings and decision making, to support the value they've agreed to deliver. For instance, they figure out what meetings are essential to getting their work done and then schedule only those meetings.

Any team can hit its stride one or twice. Superior teams have a discipline of reflection, inquiry and learning that sustain their success over time.

023 Practice 4 - Cultivate Collaboration

Once a team knows why its collaboration matters and what work will deliver on their purpose they can begin to cultivate the relationships and commitments needed to deliver.