Success impulse: We need more teams - instead of groups
Groups, teams, committees: There are many forms in which people can be put together. But which form exerts the greatest influence on corporate success? A new impulse for success.
There are huge differences between groups, committees and teams: Teams multiply their forceswhile groups just add them up. 10x10x10 is a different number than 10+10+10. True winning teams even manage to multiply their forces.
When teams are in fact groups...
Almost everywhere, however, there are more groups than teams. Everyone works on their own tasks instead of on common goals. I encounter this most often in management. This often consists of a collection of lone fighters instead of a real team. And since the management automatically has a role model function, this usually continues throughout the entire company.
Even if these companies have been reasonably successful so far, they could certainly achieve significantly more with more fun if they thought and acted more like a winning team in the future. Here are three ideas on how you can become significantly more successful by creating true teams:
Idea No. 1: Joint commitment to common goals
This is the most important characteristic of a team as opposed to a group: teams work together to achieve common goals. In a group, on the other hand, everyone fights for their own goals alone (see a team in sports versus a group of runners).
Of course, this requires that you define common goals in the first place. In my observation, however, this is precisely what is often lacking, especially in executive management. And even if there are common goals, individual goals often take priority.
Tip: Have everyone on your team (or in your group) write down their top three team goals individually and then compare them. This almost always results in a colorful mix of goals. Then determine the top three team goals together.
Idea No. 2: You can fully rely on each other
To what extent do the others step into the breach when I don't make progress? To what extent do we support each other, even without being asked? Conversely, of course, this also means that everyone in the team does "their job" and doesn't just switch because it occurs to them.
Because you can fully rely on each other, you can then also dare much more as a team. You can take greater risks and strive for greater success, which is precisely one of the reasons why teams can achieve much more than groups.
Idea #3: Mutual Challenge
You really only find this characteristic in true winning teams. There, people have no trouble challenging each other and also addressing deficits immediately if someone is not "doing their job.
Of course, this requires a certain self-confidence among the team members and the clarity of common goals, as well as strong trust. Interestingly, this mutual challenging leads to greater openness and more fun - in addition to better results.
Conclusion: We need more teams in this world, because together we can achieve much more. And you can contribute to this.
To the author:
Volkmar Völzke is a success maximizer. Book author. Consultant. Coach. Speaker. www.volkmarvoelzke.ch
