How to Build a High Performance Team

1. “Assess individual strengths and behavioral preferences
2. Select members using a plan to complement strengths and fill gaps to achieve balance and synergy
3. Develop a charter, define roles, and align on the most important goals and rewards
4. Proactively create an environment in which teammates can learn about each other personally to better understand their formative life experiences, what drives them, and ultimately build trust
5. Establish a cadence of team training that incorporates real-world and mission critical challenges and obstacles
6. Define lead and lag success metrics as well as a process to monitor progress
7. Establish feedback mechanisms and norms for making decisions and holding one another accountable
8. Clarify needed support from stakeholders
9. Finalize rules of engagement and execute
10. Course-correct via team work session (p. 56-57).”

What suggestions do you have to build a high performance team?

Rake, J. (2018). The bridge to growth: how servant leaders achieve better results and why it matters more than ever.  New York: Skyhorse Publishing.