This article talks about  the importance of common goals and success.The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics of this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

the importance of common goals and success

·      Developing High-Performing Teams and Energizing Staff

Project

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics of this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction

Building a high-performing team is a process. The leaders who cultivate and build such teams understand the importance of common goals and success in achieving those goals. As a leader, you will ultimately strive to build your own high-performing team.

Tasks

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You will make a plan to develop your high-performing team. In developing your team, be sure to include the following:

Be sure to provide specific examples and rationale behind your steps.

A “high-performance work team” refers to a group of goal-focused individuals with specialized expertise and complementary skills who collaborate, innovate and produce consistently superior results. The group relentlessly pursues performance excellence through shared goals, shared leadership, collaboration, open communication, clear role expectations and group operating rules, early conflict resolution, and a strong sense of accountability and trust among its members.

This article explores:

• Firstly, factors required for a high-performance work team.
• Secondly, common stages of team development.
• Thirdly, causes of team dysfunction.
• Finally, primary types of teams organizations establish to achieve specific work goals.

In addition, the article offers suggestions for ways HR can help teams achieve high performance. These include recruiting the right team members, training, conflict resolution, and assessments and facilitation of results, pay and incentives. The article does not cover matters such as employee engagement and employee involvement, which are encompassed in the Employee Relations Discipline, nor issues related to employee staffing or employee retention, which are covered in the Staffing Management Discipline.

Background

Work teams are the backbone of contemporary work life. Executive teams run corporations. Project teams create new products and services. Matrix teams help develop everything from pharmaceuticals to the delivery of services in consulting firms and charitable agencies. Marketing and sales teams deliver products and services to customers. High-performance work teams are essential to the way most organizations organize and carry out their work, resulting in superior performance, which translates into a significant competitive advantage.

A team is a group of people who work together to accomplish something beyond their individual self-interests; however, not all groups are teams. A simple but effective description of what is meant by “a team” comes from Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith’s book, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization:

“A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed in a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.”¹

What distinguishes high-performance teams from other groups is that a team is more than a collection of people simply following orders. To function effectively, a high-performance team also needs:

• Firstly, a deep sense of purpose and commitment to the team’s members and to the mission.
• Secondly, relatively more ambitious performance goals than average teams.
• Thirdly, mutual accountability and a clear understanding of members’ responsibilities to the team and individual obligations.
• Further, a diverse range of expertise that complements other team members’ abilities.
• Finally, interdependence and trust between members.