In the next five Connects, we'll be drawing on the latest science and particularly sharing some insights from Squadify's almost 2 million data points to help to rapidly accelerate your own teams. We hope we can help you to take the guesswork out of teamwork.

Clarity for a team can be a challenge to nail down, particularly when there's internal change, external challenges, and even chaos, which seems to make it a moving target. It's easy enough to fall back onto individual KPIs and relegate the importance of team goals. But high-performing teams buck this trend and show a specific discipline to make success a shared experience by developing and reviewing a collective goal and plan. The Squadify global data proves that indeed these teams have clarity at a whole new level.

Decision-making can be a mysterious process in teams so here’s a template that you can use for Aligned Decision-Making to make things more transparent and to get better outcomes: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/Aligned%20Decision-Making%20(ADM)%20process%20.pdf

Here’s a link to the work of the father of executive coaching, John Whitmore and his GROW model: https://www.performanceconsultants.com/grow-model

This Connect once again uses the trusty 3Ws but this time in combination with EIC. Here are some resources to help you.
3Ws: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/1-Dec-12-2023-10-35-28-1287-AM.png
EIC feedback model: https://turningoverpebbles.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/want-to-improve-performance-effective-feedback-is-key/

Things sometimes get a bit tricky so being able to lead difficult conversations can deliver better outcomes for all concerned.
Here are some useful resources to help you: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/1-Dec-12-2023-10-35-28-1287-AM.png

Your meetings should be specific, small, short and structured.
Here’s a link to the 3Ws to help with the structure: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/1-Dec-12-2023-10-35-28-1287-AM.png

This first in the mini-series on rockstar team skills, this Connect is on facilitation. It’s rare to see a team leader facilitating team discussions (and it’s challenging as they have their own say too!) but when it happens, it transforms the outputs and is more inclusive and engaging than yet another group conversation. For workshopping ideas, this is a very handy website: https://www.liberatingstructures.com/

John Kotter’s model on leading change is still a highly effective approach to change. It gives leaders the steps that, if followed will help team members accelerate through the change curve together. Take a deeper dive here: https://www.kotterinc.com/methodology/8-steps/

The ability to have structured conversations that lead to good outcomes for everyone involved is a vital skill of a leader. This Connect explores how you can use the 3Ws structure to so this. Copy and paste this URL into your browser - 3Ws: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/1-Dec-12-2023-10-35-28-1287-AM.png