After having the best talent, relationships play the most important part in creating a high performing team.

1. 4G Team Building Application
Linking Behaviour to Bottom Line Performance
The Importance of Relationships in Team Building
After having the best talent, relationships play the most important part in
creating a high performing team.
Team Building Benefits Team building today Ultimately, this method serves to opti-
> Increase team performance mise a team’s relationships and
> Reduce tension and friction The word ‘team’ was first recorded in becomes a catalyst to the team’s suc-
> Identify and maximise team strengths 1552, its original meaning was ‘to har- cess and achievements.
> Anticipate problems and prevent them ness’ or ‘to come together’. The idea
> Optimise understanding behind the word is to create a group In creating a high performing team,
that is greater than the sum of its parts. many approaches offer a combination
Please note, this document is intended to In order to create such a group, the of boosting morale, increasing self
accompany the team building demonstra- constituent relationships in the team understanding and resolving problems.
tion of the Visual Team Builder. This can be must strengthen and enhance the abil- While each of these methods offers
found at the link below. ities of the people within it. solutions, none of them are perfect all
of the time. Activities which boost
http://www.fourgroups.com/teams Further to the idea above, people often morale tend to bring short term bene-
approach team building from the per- fits but struggle to make any sustained
spective of attracting the best talent. long term impact on a team. Increasing
Whilst this is self understanding raises people’s
An Example 4G Situation valid, Four awareness but translating this into how
Degree of Psychological
Comfort Groups believe people relate to one another and the
No effort
Minimal effort
that when com- means to improve this is often compli-
Some effort
1Si Significant effort bined, a second cated and abstract. Resolving problems
view based on usually attempts to improve the means
2Ti relationships by which people relate to one another
offers greater (as above, far from easy) and where
benefits. Our practical, changes in workflow and
2Fe
view proposes a processes can be made.
1Ne method that
enhances individ- Our solution
3Te
ual abilities, pro-
viding greater Each of the three ideas above offers its
performance and own advantages and in the right cir-
2Ti
a sustainable cumstances they generate genuine and
3Fi advantage. tangible improvements to teams. What

2. The Importance of Relationships in Team Building
is lacking however is a repeatable mation is then supported by a suite of Who are we?
methodology to improve and optimise coaching modules looking at topics Four Groups work with a new approach to behav-
the relationships within a team. ranging from leadership through to iours, relationships and culture. This document pro-
problem solving and dealing with vides some background to our work around team
To solve this problem, Four Groups pro- change. building, optimising relationships and creating high
vides a system (4G) to predict and performing teams.
more importantly, improve relation- Where practical, the third step looks at
What is 4G based on?
ships or ‘people compatibility’. There making recommendations and changes
are many ways 4G can be applied, to team structure, workflow and
4G is a proprietary approach to predict-
team building being an obvious exam- processes. 4G often highlights hidden
ing relationships, behaviour and group
ple. strengths and unknown weaknesses in
cultures. Based in part on the work of
a team’s structure or workflow. As a
Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, 4G incorpo-
What is the team building applica- result, it is possible to make the most
rates measures of people’s strengths,
tion for 4G? of these strengths and to minimise the
creativity, motivation and weaknesses.
impact of any identified weaknesses.
The model contains 16 definitions of
The team building application for 4G Finally, these ideas can improve exist-
individual’s behavior, 14 different rela-
splits into three distinct steps. The first ing processes and highlight superior
tionship types and 4 examples of group
looks at understanding the current alternatives to achieving your goals.
culture.
strengths, weaknesses and context of
the team. 4G provides an in-depth How does 4G work?
understanding of individual team
members, the relationships within the Using 4G is a very quick and simple
team and the team values or culture. process. People generally need an
When combined with the context of the hour, split between a short briefing, an
team, this information offers an accu- online personality questionnaire and a
rate and insightful ‘snapshot’ of the feedback session. Optionally, further
team in its current state. time may be spent on more feedback,
either for individuals or for the whole
The second step builds on the first. By group. At the end of the process, indi-
turning the initial analysis into practical viduals receive their own reports, while
steps, it is possible to raise individual a group report is made available for the
effectiveness, optimise existing rela- decision maker and/or the group,
tionships and to improve overall team depending on what is required.
performance. 4G contains comprehen-
sive information on how to improve
and optimise both individuals and rela-
tionships within the team. This infor-
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