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Article Check - The Three Keys to Building a High Performance Team
Great question! Overwhelm is very common even among the most veteran entrepreneurs, so take solace in the fact that you are not alone. With the ever-increasing numbers of new entrepreneurial endeavors, and therefore new entrepreneurs, there are many who are experiencing the very same feelings as you.So, Tool 1 is to Join or start a business-focused support group. Napoleon Hill’s MasterMind Principle* has profoundly and positively impacted business life. Success breeds success and surrounding yourself with colleagues who are also on the entrepreneurial path will propel you to heights you cannot even imagine.Each participant makes a commitment to himself as well as to the group, meeting on a regula
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Although the frontier in business excellence begins with personal disciplines, and the systems that support them, it must eventually move to the issues of how to get things done in concert with others. It is in the hands of another that your "way" is put to the ultimate test.
You've probably been down the road of teams and team issues before in your line of work. If not professionally, my guess is that at sometime you were on a softball team, football team, chess team, or debate team. Some type of team has probably been in everyone's experience. Leadership, communication, managing expectations, and plan execution are all aspects of high performance teams on which you'll find a plethora of articles, books, and seminars.
As in all things, though, Jesus is our primary example.
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working." Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Him equal with God. Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel" (John 5:17-20).
For those who want to run their business (and lives) God's way, these verses are critical.
Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit are the epitome of a high performance team. Better than any Super Bowl team, any Fortune 500 management team, any World Series team, any Navy SEAL team, or any other configuration one can imagine, only in the Trinity do we get to see and relate to the ways in which God prescribes a team should function.
If you're ready to develop teams God's way, here are three basics that can help:
1. Clearly stated, measurable objectives
The first place to look if things aren't going so well with your team is at its purpose. Ask the individuals on the team in question to write down their answers to the following question: What is the purpose of our team? Without discussion, go around the room and have them read their answers. Often the team's mission changes and modifies while in progress and without everyone being informed. Adaptability is key to surviving the changes that always come. However, most teams don't deal well with change because they never started off with a mutual understanding of where the "end zone" was and how they'd know if they got there. Objectives have to be clear, written and measurable and regularly reviewed by all involved.
2. Clear team roles
In an age of management systems that put high emphasis on equality, it may be easy to overlook the fact that not all hierarchy is bad. In fact, historically, properly placed levels of expertise and responsibility have allowed for some of the greatest periods of progress and efficiency. Teams are simply small businesses. They need clarity about who's in charge, how to resolve conflict and to whom to look when assumptions prove inaccurate. As Dennis Peacocke says about the need for leadership and authority, "Anything without a head is dead. And anything with more than one head is a freak!" In the Trinity, it is clear that the Father is in charge. Note that each position of the Trinity is mutually exclusive while being simultaneously totally integrated. Here is our model! Because of fear, we tend to default to one of the extremes. One extreme is when we throw off "titles" and expect everyone to just intuitively do everything...hiding behind organizational indefinites
One of the biggest reasons why I see network marketers drop like flies is because of the support system. Yes you heard that right, your support system TRULY stinks! But I am not telling you to get you mad, but help you realize that by "plugging into the system" with blind faith is a huge mistake.Sure you may feel a temporary high after listening to your big time upline repeat these lines. But have you actually taken into consideration if it has actually helped you become richer and more successful? Probably not. See if you can relate:Upline: You can do it winner! You: Yeah, yeah I heard that a billion timesUpline: Staying excited and enthusiastic is the secret. Do you know what enthusiastic means?
As in all things, though, Jesus is our primary example.
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working." Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Him equal with God. Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel" (John 5:17-20).
For those who want to run their business (and lives) God's way, these verses are critical.
Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit are the epitome of a high performance team. Better than any Super Bowl team, any Fortune 500 management team, any World Series team, any Navy SEAL team, or any other configuration one can imagine, only in the Trinity do we get to see and relate to the ways in which God prescribes a team should function.
If you're ready to develop teams God's way, here are three basics that can help:
1. Clearly stated, measurable objectives
The first place to look if things aren't going so well with your team is at its purpose. Ask the individuals on the team in question to write down their answers to the following question: What is the purpose of our team? Without discussion, go around the room and have them read their answers. Often the team's mission changes and modifies while in progress and without everyone being informed. Adaptability is key to surviving the changes that always come. However, most teams don't deal well with change because they never started off with a mutual understanding of where the "end zone" was and how they'd know if they got there. Objectives have to be clear, written and measurable and regularly reviewed by all involved.
2. Clear team roles
In an age of management systems that put high emphasis on equality, it may be easy to overlook the fact that not all hierarchy is bad. In fact, historically, properly placed levels of expertise and responsibility have allowed for some of the greatest periods of progress and efficiency. Teams are simply small businesses. They need clarity about who's in charge, how to resolve conflict and to whom to look when assumptions prove inaccurate. As Dennis Peacocke says about the need for leadership and authority, "Anything without a head is dead. And anything with more than one head is a freak!" In the Trinity, it is clear that the Father is in charge. Note that each position of the Trinity is mutually exclusive while being simultaneously totally integrated. Here is our model! Because of fear, we tend to default to one of the extremes. One extreme is when we throw off "titles" and expect everyone to just intuitively do everything...hiding behind organizational indefinite
One of the most common mistakes salespeople make is taking a short-sighted view of their sales strategy. Salespeople and sales managers are often more focused on their own immediate goals than they are on the needs of their customers. I know, cause I’ve been there. Where is my next commission coming from? Will I make my quota this month or this quarter?How fast can I close this deal? Don’t tell me that these thoughts don’t run through your mind. The problem with this is that if you don’t think that your customer can sense where your priorities are, you have another think coming. Look, we all have to make a living, but to quote Clint Eastwood, “Dying ain’t much of a living.” When you place your needs before your customer’s needs,
For those who want to run their business (and lives) God's way, these verses are critical.
Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit are the epitome of a high performance team. Better than any Super Bowl team, any Fortune 500 management team, any World Series team, any Navy SEAL team, or any other configuration one can imagine, only in the Trinity do we get to see and relate to the ways in which God prescribes a team should function.
If you're ready to develop teams God's way, here are three basics that can help:
1. Clearly stated, measurable objectives
The first place to look if things aren't going so well with your team is at its purpose. Ask the individuals on the team in question to write down their answers to the following question: What is the purpose of our team? Without discussion, go around the room and have them read their answers. Often the team's mission changes and modifies while in progress and without everyone being informed. Adaptability is key to surviving the changes that always come. However, most teams don't deal well with change because they never started off with a mutual understanding of where the "end zone" was and how they'd know if they got there. Objectives have to be clear, written and measurable and regularly reviewed by all involved.
2. Clear team roles
In an age of management systems that put high emphasis on equality, it may be easy to overlook the fact that not all hierarchy is bad. In fact, historically, properly placed levels of expertise and responsibility have allowed for some of the greatest periods of progress and efficiency. Teams are simply small businesses. They need clarity about who's in charge, how to resolve conflict and to whom to look when assumptions prove inaccurate. As Dennis Peacocke says about the need for leadership and authority, "Anything without a head is dead. And anything with more than one head is a freak!" In the Trinity, it is clear that the Father is in charge. Note that each position of the Trinity is mutually exclusive while being simultaneously totally integrated. Here is our model! Because of fear, we tend to default to one of the extremes. One extreme is when we throw off "titles" and expect everyone to just intuitively do everything...hiding behind organizational indefinite
When you establish a relationship with a customer, you want that relationship to have many levels, not just one layer from one sale.We all have our sales goals to meet on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. This doesn’t mean that once we get a sale out of our customer, that we hurry them out the door and move onto the next one.Build a relationship with your customer. As you close the deal on your sale, talk to your customer, find out what it is they need and can use that you can provide them with.People love to talk about themselves, so it shouldn’t be too hard to get them talking.Ask about their job, their family, their pets, their hobbies, etc.For instance, when I was in banking, working within the branc
2. Clear team roles
In an age of management systems that put high emphasis on equality, it may be easy to overlook the fact that not all hierarchy is bad. In fact, historically, properly placed levels of expertise and responsibility have allowed for some of the greatest periods of progress and efficiency. Teams are simply small businesses. They need clarity about who's in charge, how to resolve conflict and to whom to look when assumptions prove inaccurate. As Dennis Peacocke says about the need for leadership and authority, "Anything without a head is dead. And anything with more than one head is a freak!" In the Trinity, it is clear that the Father is in charge. Note that each position of the Trinity is mutually exclusive while being simultaneously totally integrated. Here is our model! Because of fear, we tend to default to one of the extremes. One extreme is when we throw off "titles" and expect everyone to just intuitively do everything...hiding behind organizational indefinite
Whether you are a fortune five hundred company, boarding school, college, small business or home office, it is important to sound professional. With advances in telecommunication systems over the past few years VoIP phone systems are capable of providing high quality service at low affordable prices.No more per minute charges for domestic calls. Purchasing a commercial grade VoIP plan, whether it’s small business / home office, or a large corporate system, will make your business sound more professional. VoIP phone systems offer far more features then analog phones at a fraction of the cost. Take advantage of advanced features not offered from analog phone systems. Feature include: Advanced Voicemail Caller ID
3. Commissioning
Ad hoc teams can be a great source of spontaneous energy and effort. But when push comes to shove and shove lasts a long time (see current economic environment), most employees tend to default to what they are going to be held accountable for. It is more important than ever to officially recognize who's responsible for what. Those with responsibility need to be commissioned to the work at hand. The same goes for teams. It clears the way for them to focus, act with authority and manage their responsibilities with excellence. Without commissioning a team, they become prime candidates for conflict and redundancy. If you are in charge, then it is your job to commission. If you are not in charge it is your job to serve your company by politely refusing to "dive in" without being commissioned. If God took time from his continuous business to commission, so should we. Matthew 17:5 states: "While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, 'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!'"
Find out where your teams are. Need a place to start? Start with the basics. Start with Clear Objectives, Clear Roles, and Commissioning and you'll be on your way to building godly systems that serve working relationships.
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