Design
The benefits of autonomous teams
An autonomous team is a team that’s empowered to make decisions in an organization. It often acts in transparent ways and finds innovative solutions to tough problems that align with the needs of the business. Just that alone sounds pretty great, right? There’s obviously more to it than that, but there are many reasons why…
Why is trust important?
When you think about teams at work, what is the most important thing for them to have? Many ideas come to mind, like a team’s skill set or motivation levels, but others argue that it boils down to trust. But why would something as simple as trusting another make such a difference? This can easily…
Understanding Leadership Behaviors
Every leader has their own natural strengths. As a leader with a unique behavioral profile, you likely have strengths that play to your business objectives—as well as caution areas that can hinder your goals. You can visualize those strengths and gaps by way of a PI framework known as “Work Styles.” The Work Styles framework…
Understanding Contrasting Leadership Styles
As you’ve seen before, every leader has their own natural strengths. However, you don’t work in a vacuum. Other members of your team have their own strengths and caution areas that affect business outcomes. Relationship dynamics are pivotal to team effectiveness. Let’s explore working with people whose strengths are opposite to yours. You + those…
Understanding Team Types
The PI Behavioral Assessment provides a deep look into an individual’s workplace behavior, including their natural drives and needs. Consider that the majority of work is done as a team, however, and it’s important to understand how individual work styles manifest as a collective team identity. The larger the group, the more complex that identity…
What is team cohesion?
Team cohesion can only occur when a team remains united while working to achieve a common goal. One common mistake, however, is that many think cohesion should be directly connected to the actual performance of the team. By the very definition, cohesion is less about getting a specific result, and more about the unity of…
What causes team conflict?
Many are aware that conflict can cause issues in a team, but less people are aware why it happens at all. Simply put, conflict happens because we’re all different. Everyone has unique life experiences and core values. Disagreement can arise from a clash of needs, priorities, goals, or ideas related to these personal experiences and…