Flow Consulting Group

Teamwork is often overlooked when you want to unleash greater value across your organisation. But what you can achieve depends upon the quality of your teamwork.

The third article in the series 'Getting Collaboration right' published in partnership with HRZone. Over the course of the series, we discuss how to strength collaboration at 3 altitudes; across the organisation, within teams and at a personal level.

"If only they could change!" Change at work requires helping large portions of your employee base to change together. Change at work is social. So, how do we help groups to change?

70/20/10 makes 100. It sometimes feels that this learning and development model has been around that number of years and is used by that percent of companies. But do the numbers still add up?

"All models are wrong, but some are useful" said George Box. Best Practice is rarely the best and is certainly not the only way. A new blog post on our fascination with Best Practice and what it truly looks like.

We have to do is ensure that our team narrative is helping, not hindering us. That our orientation is present and future-focused and not clinging on to remembering past successes that bear little relevance to the moment we find ourselves in now. Some thoughts on revising and updating your team story and how to go about it.

Having an end in mind is no guarantee that you’ll reach it but not having an end in mind is a guarantee you won’t. Some thoughts on goal setting.

These were our most read articles in 2023: 1. Team Values are fundamental, not fluffy If we’re committed to creating success as a team, it’s essential to connect the values of different team members to the values you’ve probably already set for your company. Clarity on your immediate team’s values underpins more effective decision-making, priority setting, communication and feedback. In contrast, values conflict is often a root cause of weak team performance. This article outlines how to define the working experience that your team values. https://lnkd.in/ewPwHRYp 2. How to create a Team Working Agreement Defining your teams’ values is a crucial first step in helping members feel energised and inspired. The next most important question to answer as you shape your team story is ‘how will we behave based on our values?’ The foundation of great teamwork is learning to work well with colleagues and build stronger relationships. And that’s why TWAs are so valuable. https://lnkd.in/epBYmU3e 3. Fostering Connection and Belonging in our remote work era A key question with remote work is how do you nurture connection? The more time you spend with colleagues, the more time you have to develop trusted relationships. But does this time need to be in close proximity? This article looks at why moments of connection and belonging are so critical for strong cultures and how they can be designed. https://lnkd.in/e77bu2pP 4. How to ensure your team’s workload is manageable Too much work with insufficient time to get it done is a symptom of our broader relationship with busyness. This article discusses the key culprits of unmanageable workload and how you can support team members by making workloads transparent. https://lnkd.in/ebNnmnn6 For inspiration twice a month on what helps teams to work smarter and be at their most resourceful, imaginative and brilliant best, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eaE-2TrN

Practically everything we do at work is a collaboration with other people. Yet we’ve never been taught the skills of effective collaboration. At Flow, we help your colleagues embrace opportunities to improve your ‘ways of working.’ For inspiration twice a month on what helps teams to work smarter and be at their most resourceful, imaginative and brilliant best, sign up here https://lnkd.in/eaE-2TrN