High-Performance Collaboration

Selfless collaboration is perhaps the most excellent quality of a High-Performance team, with people working together to achieve any task, with each other's goals and the common goal in mind. In High-Performance teams, there is a very high level of initiative, sharing of ideas and cohesiveness amongst the team members. The members of a High-Performance team act as business partners, and they enjoy a higher degree of flexibility to achieve work goals. Planning and coordination are done by the team members collectively instead of being undertaken by a manager exclusively. After completion of their work, they actively assist others with their work.

Collaboration is at the heart of teamwork. It’s what teamwork is all about… getting work done together and helping each other out when needed. When you have a collaborative work environment, employees feel more secure and content. Even though collaboration is a critical part of any organization culture, 39% of surveyed employees believe that people in their organization don’t collaborate enough. Team building activities aimed to improve collaboration can bring people closer, help build skills for discourse and learn how to work towards solving a problem together. There is a multitude of various fun activities that can help bond teams like group tent building competitions, playing sports, or participating in a charity drive at a homeless shelter to name a few. These activities are bound to bring the team together and help members engage with one another.

·       High-Performance Teams function best in a consultative and a supportive environment. There is a very high level of initiative, sharing of ideas and cohesiveness amongst the team members. The members of act as business partners, and they enjoy a higher degree of flexibility to achieve their work goals. The entire planning and coordination are done by the team members collectively instead of being undertaken by a leader exclusively. (In case of average teams, the responsibility of planning and coordination lies solely with the leader and the team members act as per the instructions and guidelines of the leader. The leader establishes the vision and the strategic roadmap for the team members in case of average teams.)

·       The members of a High-Performance Team work collaboratively to discover newer work approaches, principles, and practices 

·       High-Performance Teams share a very high sense of Camaraderie and Mutual Respect for each other.

·       Positive atmosphere – an overall team culture that is open, transparent, positive, future-focused, and able to deliver success

·       Continuous improvement – never ending improvements and creativity.

·       They create new skill sets.

·       They fix problems once.

·       They understand that it is a partnership where team members actively work to ensure everyone's success.

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