Stop Comparing Your Team to Other Teams

Team leaders hesitate to admit it, but at times they wonder why their teams aren’t more like other teams. It’s the behaviors, and also the successes they see “over there” that erodes their confidence. When team comparison mode creeps in, it’s just like getting personally stuck in envious thoughts of someone else, and it’s exhausting. 

Fixating on why your team is lacking in certain areas leaves you with little energy left to try to look at the situation differently, or to try doing new things. Aside from trying to figure out if and how the team can evolve into a more successful team, the to-do list of doing the “real” work just keeps growing.

But here’s a liberating idea: What if the factors of a successful team were so simple and essential, and had such a profound impact, that once they were out in the open and acted on, that it hardly seems possible that they weren’t being done before?

The answer to transformation is not found in seeking what other teams have, but looking inward. It starts with assessing more deeply what the team is good at, and what they could be doing better, and using that data to help a change process get going.

An initial team assessment shines a mirror up to the team to what’s going on and what’s “sticking out”. It also acts as a door opener for the prospect of team coaching, as there is security in numbers. It puts the benefits of team coaching onto more familiar territory of data analysis, where ROI can be measured with pre and post assessments.

If you would like to understand the key factors of a successful team, or to know more about the team coaching process, I have a free workshop: Team Coaching Explained. In the workshop, I also take the team through a brief assessment using *6 Key Factors of Successful Teams. I’m available for a complimentary call to discuss further and to book your team. Simply select a time that works for you through the following link.

*Jennifer Britton, Potentials Realized