Our host, Steve Munro, Oakridge Senior Consultant, discusses with Jerry Scott, Oakridge Senior Consultant, on the importance of developing team effectiveness and performance - and maintaining the team's performance to thrive into the future. 

In this episode, Jerry Scott, Oakridge's Senior Consultant, talks to Steve Munro, Oakridge's Senior Consultant on the importance of team effectiveness and performance in raising the outcomes in virtual teams. He addreses what effective and inspirational leadership looks like in maintaining team performance to thrive and survive in the future.

Jerry provides the measures around performance by delving into the TEA Model - which at its core is - team equals tribe - or do we feel left out?:

1. Tribe expectation - being included and able to contribute
2. Expectations - do we know where we are going and what motivates us?
3. Autonomy - within your own individuality, what can you bring to the team in being creative and entrepreneurial - but do this with clarity

Jerry also addresses and provides tips around the 3 C's - Climate, Clarity and Capability.

References:

Jerry shares the following references:

OAKRIDGE REFERENCE: Jerry Scott: TEA Model with the 3 C's outlined (PDF)

OAKRIDGE REFERENCE: Team Excellence ScoreCard - is your team a High Performing Team? (PDF)

OAKRIDGE: RASA - The Importance of Listening

OAKRIDGE: The Importance of Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Capability

BOOKS:

- Karen Mason: Pause - Rethinking Leadership to Cultivate Workplace Cultures  

- Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel: The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership

- Karen Sobel Lojeski Ph.d and Richard R. Reilly Ph.d: Uniting the Virtual Workforce: Transforming Leadership and Innovation in the Globally Integrated enterprise

EXTERNAL PODCAST:

- Dr. Ruth Wageman on Team coaching podcast Zone and an episode on fast team start-up

Contact Natalie Griffiths at The Oakridge Centre for more information at: [email protected]