High Performing Teams

High Performing Teams Adrian Moorhouse 14th May 2014

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“The aim of this establishment is to create an environment where champions are inevitable”

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Teamwork – and why being a swimmer is not a solitary activity….

Teammates Everyone was at every session to cheer you on..

Out of a Olympic swim team of 36: •

18 are women

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15 of the men swim the other strokes

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Only 2 people on the team were actually rivals (male breaststroke)

Support team Psychologist; physiologist; nutritionist; strength coach; swim coach; physiotherapist…..

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We build Winning Organisations Psychology (Sport / Occupational)

Elite performance (Sport / Military / The Arts)

Commercial (HR / Communications)

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Adaptability and performance • Learning Mindset • Personal Resilience It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent.

It is the one that is most adaptable to change Charles Darwin

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Blame? Taking control

“There are no 50metre swimming pools in Newcastle”

Internalising v externalising

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Enhancing Team Cohesion Want to belong Social Cohesion

Avoid cliques Distinctive group identity Group norms for behaviour Positive group climate

Task Cohesion

Team, sub-unit and individual goals Commitment to clear roles Positive coaching environment Yukelson (1993)

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Logical Levels – Identifying with a new role

Identity

Who?

Beliefs systems & values

Why?

Capabilities

How?

Behaviour

Environment

What?

Where?

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High Performing Teams Framework

Team Process

Team Psychological Edge Team Emotion

Team Mind

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Credibility + Reliability + Intimacy

Trust = Self-interest

(Maister, Galford & Green, 2002)