Three Tips to Develop Teamwork Capabilities in Your Organization

In my coaching practice with executives and leadership teams, I am often asked the following question:

What does it take to be a good team player?

I think this largely reflects the fact that you, as well as the majority of corporate employees, likely belong to one or more teams.

Moreover, this question seems to have gained more importance over the last two years. Since you are a part of multiple remote teams with colleagues whom you may have never met in person, the relevance of developing good teamwork skills across all levels of the organization has increased.  

Understanding the teamwork skills gap is the first step to overcoming these challenges. Creating a culture of effective teamwork requires a set of skills and a common language for all employees, and these are 100% learnable and achievable through the program I will share with you in a moment— no matter where employees are located.

Here are three tips to develop teamwork capabilities in your organization in 2022 and beyond:

1. Use self-discovery.

Each of us approaches teamwork in a unique way, and this diversity in perspective and personality are part of what helps teams thrive.

2. Practice.

Employees are empowered to apply their skills on a day-to-day basis when tied to a simple, memorable, and actionable framework and through a common language.  

3. Develop trust

In his best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni introduces a powerful and approachable model for effective teamwork and collaboration.
It describes five key challenges a team needs to address:

• The absence of Trust,
• unproductive Conflict,
• lack of Commitment,
• no peer-to-peer Accountability, and
• a focus on Personal vs. Collective Results.
  
  The absence of any one of these five critical behaviors, especially trust, can cripple teams and organizations.

If you, as a leader, want to equip employees across your organization with the skills to “team” most effectively, we have a program that may fit your needs.

My consulting partners and I have created the Azimuth Talent Development program, where we grow the skills that company teams and leaders require to address their present challenges and future goals.

We partner with your company to build or improve your current development structures. We help you grow the key competencies needed for your teams, leaders and employees in order to increase their business impact.

Within this program, one of the courses we offer is The Five Behaviors Personal Development®, which is a Playbook to Create a Culture of Teamwork across your organization.

This program is the result of a joint effort between Wiley and best-selling author Patrick Lencioni’s model for developing high-performing teams through five key behaviors: Vulnerability-based Trust, Productive Conflict, Commitment, peer-to-peer Accountability, and a focus on Collective Results.

This training teaches participants the critical behaviors and interpersonal skills needed to work together effectively by combining Lencioni’s teamwork model with personalized insights, delivered by one of Grupo Azimuth international and corporate-experienced facilitators.

The result is a unique and impactful team development solution that empowers its members to rethink their approach to teamwork; shape new, more productive behaviors to increase productivity; and create a common language that redefines what it means to work together to drive common results.

If you are interested in learning more about The Five Behaviors Personal Development® course, or any of the several programs we offer at Azimuth Talent Development through our select set of corporate-experienced facilitators, please email us at TalentDevelopment@grupoazimuth.com.

Percy Cannon
Executive Coach
Grupo Azimuth