Blaine Collins quote the 5 "C"s of good teamwork from Akhil Shahani as:

  • Clear expectations: Each team member knows their role and expected contribution.
  • Channels of communication: Team members share openly with one another and the team fosters communication within the organization.
  • Conflict resolution: Team members work to resolve differences directly, with mutual respect.
  • Consequences: Team members are responsible for, and accountable to, one another.
  • Celebrating achievements: Team members jointly share in the team’s success.

and then adds 3 more of his own:

  • Coaching: Team members share insights and knowledge with one another to boost individual development.
  • Collaboration: Team members build on the efforts of one another to achieve objectives that would be unattainable alone.
  • Community: Team members develop bonds that lead to supporting each other both professionally and personally.

As I look through them I find myself agreeing wholeheartedly.  But then, of course, I look at my performance of these "C"s in the teams I lead and know I should be doing better!

So right now I resolve to work on the 2 "C"s that I feel I do worst at...  Clear expectations and Celebrating achievements.

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Anonymous  

Paul, Thanks for linking to the Stronger Teams Blog! I like how you resolved to tackle one or two of the "C"s at a time.

Its funny about "celebrating" achievements. That sounds so natural and easy. Yet in practice, we seem to forget or fail to give it high priority relative to all the "next steps" that arise.

18 March 2007 at 2:30 am

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