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The term “high performamce teams” has become a frequently used buzzword. It is easy to talk about high performance teams, but what are they, how are they formed, and what benefits do they provide? The material in this guide will help you find the answer to these questions and develop your own high performance teams.

There are many benefits of high performing teams. In creating high performance teams, employees become more satisfied, and their quality of work improves. Taking the time to build high performance teams in an organization creates loyalty, creates visibility, enhances collaboration, and provides optimum productivity.

Anyone seeking to develop a high performance team will face the same challenges as any other team. When creating high performance teams, however, you will have the skills to address these challenges and move your group forward through competition, turnover, productivity, and fear. The information in this module can be used to address issues as they appear in your teams.

Now that you understand the challenges and benefits of high performance teams, you can focus on how to build and lead the team. Members of your team will profit when you learn to promote understanding, provide them with adequate knowledge, facilitate effective interaction, and conduct effective meanings.

High performance teams share certain characteristics. These trademarks of high performance will help you determine when your team is high performing. Over time, your team should be able to: understand the big picture, share common goals, work collaboratively, and produce quality results.

High performance teams require effective team leaders. A title is not enough to develop leadership. A leader must execute certain tasks well in order to inspire high performance. An effective leader will provide adequate training and constructive feedback. He or she will also create an environment of problem-solving and see mistakes as opportunities.

There are several traits that benefit the leaders of high performing teams. By learning to take on these characteristics, you have the opportunity to improve your team along with your own leadership style. These traits include vision, patience, humility, and humor.

We have already established that many great leaders share certain traits. In this module, we will continue with the same topic. The other traits that leaders exhibit include: courage, compliance, tolerance, and gratitude. With the addition of these traits, you will find it easier to lead high performance teams.

Effective leaders are able to motivate their teams towards high performance. Motivation is essential to the success of every team. There are a few tried and true methods that will help you motivate members of your team and direct them towards success. Common methods of motivation include: avoiding negative criticism, giving praise, and meeting with individual employees.

Once you have a high performance team, you need to take steps to retain them. High turnover will do nothing to benefit your team. There are basic steps that any leader can take to retain top performers. By providing employees with visibility and entertaining them, you will engage their interest. Additionally, rewarding employees and providing them with mentors will help them engage with the company culture.

No matter how well your team performs, there is always room for improvement. Leaders need to understand when and how to augment team performance. The key to augmenting team performance is offering authority, encouraging questions, resolving differences, and practicing unanimity.

Although this workshop is coming to a close, we hope that your journey to high performance teams is just beginning. Please take a moment to review and update your action plan. This will be a key tool to guide your progress in the days, weeks, months, and years to come. We wish you the best of luck on the rest of your travels!