Every leader is acutely aware of the focus on performance – for themselves, their team and the organisation.
The aspiration is often to have a high performance team. But with the constant focus on the end result, who is paying attention to the inputs that create sustainable performance?
Teams play a crucial role in delivering outcomes, often outperforming expectations when each member shows up energised, and operate cohesively, flexibly and foster the unique expression of each individual. Imagine the performance that is possible when you take the time to cultivate these skills in a team. Take a look and assess how strong these skills are within your team:
START SMALL
How well do they connect and co-ordinate across the team?LEARN MORE
How well do they connect and co-ordinate across the team?
To what extent are they on the same page about priorities and the definition of success? How confident are they to constructively challenge each other? Is the whole greater than the parts?
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How well do they connect with other teams?LEARN MORE
How well do they connect with other teams?
Deliver timely solutions across the business? How effective are they at managing challenge? How accurately can they describe stakeholder issues?
WIDEN THE LENS
How well are they meeting other needs in their life?LEARN MORE
How well are they meeting other needs in their life?
Family, fitness, friends? How often are they working through and beyond business hours? How reliant are they on external motivation – money, recognition, promotion, title? To what extent are you seeing the best of them? How is their energy?
CREATE FOUNDATIONS THAT SUPPORT TEAMS TO ADAPT AND INFLUENCE IN ANY CONTEXT
Despite recognising the pressure of work and life, we still expect our team to perform, be resourceful, generate innovative solutions, deliver quality products, build strong relationships and lead change.
Highly effective teams don’t just happen. Not only are they clear about what they are here to achieve, they are also intentional about their practice as a team – just like anything else we want to be successful at.
I help teams recognise how their current practises are shaping their experience and results. A focus on cohesion, increased flexibility and embracing challenge creates powerful dynamics that enhance results.
“It is always a pleasure to work with Jo because she puts so much considered thought into each workshop, ensuring it delivers against the objectives. She really takes the time to understand what the business is trying to achieve and designs each interaction accordingly. Her ideas are fresh and engaging and she brings a dynamic energy into every workshop. Jo has delivered many workshops for my team and other teams within Energy Australia and they always deliver lasting benefit.”
“Jo Hansen has made a huge difference, in both my professional and home life, since Jo became my personal executive coach. Jo has the fantastic ability to make you realise that you already have the answers to most, if not all, your problems and issues, by being the one who is able to help wipe away the fog of daily life and see what is really going on and what really matters. This then enabled me to focus on changes I could make in order to be the most effective leader I can be.”
The first thing that was really helpful in working with Jo was we did a bit of an evaluative piece, now I’ve been through some of these things before that leave you with this kind of airy fairy information – and this was insightful, it was concrete and it was related to my business. So it helped me better understand who I am in relationship to who my team is and how I can best serve them as a leader. So I really loved how concrete it was.
“Joanne (Jo) Hansen was my coaching supervisor for over 6 months and has been instrumental in helping me develop my coaching abilities by offering me an effective environment to discuss, brainstorm, practise and develop my coaching skills. In addition to being a skilled and professional coaching supervisor, Jo is an incredible human being who is insightful, patient, empathetic, encouraging and so easy to get along and work with. I cannot thank you enough Jo!”
