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FORGE COMMON PURPOSE

FORGE COMMON PURPOSE. Define the need for a Team Make your common purpose compelling by making it personal and shared Move hearts as well as Minds Inject a sense of urgency Go beyond business as usual Make sure your common purpose is clear and shared Agree your definition of victory.

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FORGE COMMON PURPOSE

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  1. FORGE COMMON PURPOSE Define the need for a Team Make your common purpose compelling by making it personal and shared Move hearts as well as Minds Inject a sense of urgency Go beyond business as usual Make sure your common purpose is clear and shared Agree your definition of victory MOUNT OLIVE OBT-LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  2. FORGE COMMON PURPOSE • Take a robust view of your current reality • Chart the course together • Keep focused and keep flexible • Repeat, remind and reinforce often MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  3. LEAD THE TEAM • Team leadership is its own task • Leadership means going first and last • Leaders flex their style • Create a team of leaders MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  4. PURSUE A QUEST FOR THE BEST • Get the right caliber • Aim to build a team of the “Best twelve” not the twelve best • Get rid of the derailers • Promote your purpose • Keep standards high • Design selection to mirror real life • Excellence is a habit MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  5. SHAPE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUCCESS • Keep teams as small as the mission allows • Clarify roles within the team • Ensure the organisation is as level as it can be • Be flexible within a framework • Control the controllables • Focus on resources that are fit for purpose • Build bridges beyond the team MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  6. FORM,STORM,NORM,PERFORM AND RE-FORM MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  7. BUILD COHESION • Earn trust through competence • Earn trust through reliability • Earn trust by showing you care • Earn trust by trusting • Earn trust by spending quality time together • Earn trust by overcoming conflict and crisis MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  8. MASTER CONFLICT • Encourage creative abrasion • Guard against groupthink • Neutralize fears • Beware of the easy average answer • Eyes on the prize • Don’t sweat the small stuff • Keep things civil • Keep talking and, even better, keep listening • Seek commitment not consensus • Forgive but not forget MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  9. ADAPT OR DIE • Manage change- Change management • Stay open to learning and be obsessive about improvement • Begin at the beginning • Build the case for change • Dig for root causes • Design the future together • Focus on building new team norms MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  10. THE PROTOCOLS OF PERFORMANCE • Clear and compelling common purpose • Leading the team • Pursue a quest for the best • Shape the environment for success • Build cohesion • Mastering conflict • Adapt or Die MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  11. THE SPRING BOARD • Master the task of team-building and team work • Develop the approaches into high performing habits • Each team should have a norm for performance • Tailor your norms to achieve your team’s common purpose • The essence of teamwork is hard work • On going commitment and continuous deliberate practice required to build better teams MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  12. BY MARGARET MEAD “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed , it is the only thing that ever has’’ MOUNT OLIVE OBT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

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