High Performing Teams
A high-performance team is a self-managing, multifunctional group of people organized
around a whole process, shared purpose and empowered with full authority for their
success. It has a number of core elements including:
- Shared values and guiding principles
- Agreed expectations and accountabilities
- Clear direction and goals
- Psychological safety and sense of belonging
- Individuals are acknowledged and valued
- Change is managed proactively
- Strategy is balanced with operational focus & deliverables
- Leadership is adaptive and responsive to both challenges & opportunities
The diagram below summarises the main characteristics.