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1. How To Build High-Performance Teams! Created and presented by: Marian Morgan Life & Business Coach www.marianmorgan.com

7. Absence of TRUST Fear of CONFLICT Lack of COMMITMENT Avoidance of ACCOUNTABILITY Inattention to RESULTS Status & Ego Low Standards Ambiguity Artificial Harmony Invulnerability The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

8. The 5 Functions of a Great Team 5. Results The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Lack of accountability leads to actions that seem counterproductive and at cross purposes to the team. Without a unified focus success is a moving target. The problem becomes two-fold: members focus on their division needs or their own goals like career development, or recognition, above the collective goals of the team. Solution: Establish a compelling vision and recalibrate as a team regularly. Ask “how are we doing?” 4. Accountability Everyone adopts a set of common goals and measurements, and then actually uses them to make collective decisions on a daily basis. Challenge each other about what you are doing, how you are spending your time, whether you are making enough progress. -Without a clear plan of action even the most focused and driven people often hesitate to call their peers on action and behaviors that seem counterproductive to the good of the team. Solution: Hold regularly scheduled meetings and submit progress reports including stumbling blocks and derailments. Don’t forget successes. 3. Commitment Healthy debate leads to buy-in. Don’t go for 100% agreement. - Lack of buy-in can lead to frustration, derailment. Some may feign agreement during meetings. Solution: Spend all the time it takes to get buy-in. Share all the facts and concerns. Insist on integrity. 2. Healthy Debate Engage in unfiltered dispassionate debate of ideas. Lack of trust leads to lack of passionate conversation which leads to lack of buy-in. Results in veiled discussions and guarded comments, innuendoes, negativity. Appreciate that different opinions are critical to creative work. But, once a decision is made, every one has to by in. Solution: Brainstorm and challenge in environment that’s tolerant and encourages participation. 1. Trust You and your team know your greatest strengths and greatest weakness. You are unafraid to ask your am for help. -Closed about who you are. Lack of vulnerability Solution: Create ground rules and commitment to safety and support.

12. D i S C DiSC is a statistically validated instrument that helps you learn to manage yourself and others. Objectives # 1 A better understanding of what motivates you, your natural strengths, and potential limitations. How you view and adapt to change. #2 Increased awareness of how you impact on others. #3 Beginning appreciation of other points of view that are natural to others, as well as how others adapt to change #4 Integrate strategies to be more effective to adapt to change

14. Success Strategy Acceptance Adjustment Awareness To make any change or improvement, you need to move through these 3 Steps: Awareness - Recognize and seek to understand the environment – yours and other people’s reaction to it. Acceptance – Determine and accept what you can control or influence Adjustment - Make appropriate shifts and adjustments to become more effective.

18. Matching Communication Styles