Just One Thing

There are shelves of books and countless blog posts out there on improving team performance. Last I checked, there isn’t much for us to consume on the topic of improving our performance as team and project participants. Here are some thoughts on how your efforts to improve your participation might just help raise the performance of everyone around you.

12 Ideas to Strengthen Your Performance as a Team Participant:

1. Be enthusiastic. It’s contagious.

2. Willingly and openly share your expertise. Teach and contribute.

3. Embrace the expertise of your team members. Learn.

4. Support the development of clarity for purpose, performance and roles. These are the foundation of performance.

5. If you are not the leader, follow with determination and enthusiasm.

6. If you are the leader, recognize that the project isn’t about you. Focus on creating those factors…clarity, trust, accountability that give rise to high performance.

7. Strive to leave your agenda behind and make the team’s goals your agenda when involved in team business.

8. Be accountable for the timeliness and quality of your contributions.

9. Expect accountability from your team leader and fellow participants.

10. Reinforce trust development across the team by readily offering yours.

11. Keep team business to yourself.

12. Find ways to enhance the contributions of your team members.

Just for now, consider your own performance as a team participant and strive to improve. High performance is a short distance away when everyone on the team is focused on what and how they can perform their roles more effectively in support of the team. 

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