Sometimes dysfunction feels like an elephant in the room. The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team is for any team – no matter where the team falls on the ‘functioning spectrum’ – whether the team is highly dysfunctional with no clear way through or highly functional wanting to maintain and elevate further where possible. – Avoid wasting time and energy on politics and conflict. – Tap into skills and opinions of all team members. – Avoid revisiting topics because of lack of buy-in. When you’re able to create a common language and system for teams to work through many issues that come with working on teams, you are able to create cohesive teams, which lead to extraordinary teams. When organizations can develop peoples capabilities to contribute to cohesive teams that becomes a competitive advantage, because cohesive teamwork is both rare and not easily repeatable. “…It has to be both rare and not easily repeated.” Competitive Advantage Defined:Īs many business books will state, in order for anything to be a competitive advantage:
To this day, many teams and organizations struggle with the concept of teamwork. Teamwork can mean something different to many individuals and organizations. Teamwork may be a simple concept, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do. Teamwork is one of those words thrown around, and we often don’t take the time to stop and think about what it really means.
“The work done by people who work together as a team to accomplish something.” In many cases, teamwork can be and is an organizations ultimate competitive advantage. When organizations focus on getting people to work together on productive and cohesive teams, they will accomplish great things. Teamwork is often an untapped and under leveraged resource. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.” Patrick Lencioni, from all his years of working with Fortune 500 organizations, is often quoted as saying: If you’re struggling with teamwork right now, just knowing that this book has been a best seller for all these years, is a great indication that you’re not alone. This is a fable about a dysfunctional leadership team, which has been a best seller for over 15 years. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by New York Times best selling author Patrick Lencioni, is the foundation of The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. Overview of The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ Background
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