The New Remote Manager: The First-Time Manager’s Ultimate Guide to Managing Remote Employees, Building High-Performing Teams, and Leading Through Change by Barker Matthew

Author:Barker, Matthew
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-11T00:00:00+00:00

KEY ATTRIBUTES OF A HIGH-PERFORMING TEAM

It doesn’t matter how smart you are or think you are; nothing beats a group of like-minded people. This is exactly what happens in a high-performing team, and it’s crucial to understand this if you want to build one. Not many things are as exciting as being part of a high-performing team that allows work to go smoothly, challenges tasks as a unit, and gets results. So, what are the main attributes a high-performing team has?

To start with, a high-performing team has a clear and aligned purpose. Everyone knows and understands the goals, purpose, and long-term vision of the team and the organization, and they are focused on achieving them as a unit. As I’ve pointed out above, they understand their roles and responsibilities. They also contribute to those goals in the most diverse ways but complement each other.

They’ve been through the first three phases of building a team and built trust and established relationships. The manager and other team members often encourage them to bring themselves to the workplace and talk through everything they need to accomplish their jobs. Any action taken is always in the best interest of the organization or the team. Communication, of course, is effective and frequent, and everyone always makes an effort to keep everybody else informed of everything. They share updates and context; if anything has changed, they ensure everybody knows what happened. A high-performing team knows exactly the best communication channels, but it’s up to the manager to try several before settling on one.

Collaboration is at the heart of a high-performing team, and everybody is in favor of working collaboratively. They understand everyone’s strengths and leverage them. However, when doing this, their focus is still on the objectives they have to reach. Feedback is also constant and freely given without repercussions because they all know it’s for the best of the team and the organization. They also encourage diverse thinking, especially when solving problems. They all know everybody is better at a specific thing, so they allow for free thinking. There might be different opinions, but this expands their options when it comes to resolving problems.

When there’s conflict, they are able to manage in a constructive manner, oftentimes without the participation of the manager. They opt for constructive dialogue instead of gossip or any other harmful ways of communication, and they see the conflict as a way to improve and learn. Speaking of learning, they have a mindset of "learn and adapt," where everyone is focused on engaging and exploring different ideas. They might try and fail, but they learn, adapt, and try differently.

They celebrate successes together and show appreciation for one another. They also measure the outcomes and the level of success, so they can move on and take the most important lessons from them.

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