An on-line article from
World Economic Forum (released in December 2015), Google
shares what they believe to be the five keys to effective teams within
their organization. I agree with them from my experience teaching team-building
and facilitating teams through various stages of development. So I thought I would do a comparison of their
keys to skills taught in typical team-building training, programs, and
books.
1. Psychological Safety equates to team
members building trust for each other so they are not afraid to voice ideas or opinions
in meetings, as well as take risks in improving their work processes. See RARA
A Meeting Wizard’s Approach to improve team meetings and start getting
action items done.
2.
Dependability means all team members
are accountable to one another for assigned action items or projects,
and getting necessary work done. See TAPP
Steps in Time Management if team members do not know how to plan their
time.
3. Structure and Clarity happens when team
members understand their roles, help develop plans, and set goals. This
is especially important for team start-up and when new members are introduced
to the team. See Team
Building Primer for how to do this.
4.
Meaning/Motivation in a team’s work leads
to higher commitment because their work is important to each member and
they all are able to participate in developing their goals, assigning tasks, making training plans, and
designing (or redesigning) their processes for maximum efficiency and
effectiveness.
5.
Impact/Results come when the team reaches
milestones and goals along their development
path and truly understand that their work matters to the organization. Then the team members will be able to take greater
risks, be more flexible on project assignments, and be comfortable leading change
efforts. See OPIE Project
Planning and Implementation for Teams for work teams occasionally working
on small projects which do not require all aspects of full project management.
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