Every team is different, but there are some traits that winning teams have in common. In this episode of The Clarity Advisors Show, host Ken Trupke shares his list of the six most important characteristics of a winning team.
Timestamps
(00:43): No. 1 – Define clear goals.
(02:32): No. 2 – Have clear roles and responsibilities.
(03:59): No. 3 – Do your job first.
(06:39): No. 4 – Keep growing and getting better.
(08:02): No. 5 – Embrace diversity.
(11:23): No. 6 – Develop high trust.
(13:41): Summary.
Episode Quotes
- “If you want your team to be aligned and engaged with the mission, you’ve got to be clear about what that is.”
- “You can’t steer a parked car. Get moving. Pick a goal, be clear about it, communicate it, get your team aligned and engaged around that goal, and then start going.”
- “People want to win. So, tell them what winning looks like.”
- “I’m all for people being good teammates and working with each other and helping each other and supporting each other. But please do your job first.”
- “We’re here in business to deliver value, either products or services or a combination of the two, to our customers. And what we’re doing today for them is not going to be what they need in the future.”
- “The skills we have today are deteriorating every day … If we don’t keep replenishing and growing ourselves as individuals – and our team as a whole – we aren’t going to be able to keep up with customers.”
- “When I say diversity, I mean diversity in skills, experience, and behavior styles.”
- “We don’t necessarily want well-rounded people who try to be all the things we want.”
- “Winning teams have high levels of trust. They care about each other, and they give each other the benefit of the doubt.”
- “Where you don’t have high trust, you tend to have high drama.”
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