4G Team Building Application
Linking Behaviour to Bottom Line Performance
The Importance of Relationships in Team Building After having the best talent, relationships play the most important part in creating a high performing team.
Team Building Benefits
Team building today
Ultimately, this method serves to opti-
> Increase team performance
mise a team’s relationships and
> Reduce tension and friction
The word ‘team’ was first recorded in
becomes a catalyst to the team’s suc-
> Identify and maximise team strengths
1552, its original meaning was ‘to har-
cess and achievements.
> Anticipate problems and prevent them
ness’ or ‘to come together’. The idea
> Optimise understanding
behind the word is to create a group
In creating a high performing team,
that is greater than the sum of its parts.
many approaches offer a combination
Please note, this document is intended to
In order to create such a group, the
of boosting morale, increasing self
accompany the team building demonstra-
constituent relationships in the team
understanding and resolving problems.
tion of the Visual Team Builder. This can be
must strengthen and enhance the abil-
While each of these methods offers
found at the link below.
ities of the people within it.
solutions, none of them are perfect all of the time. Activities which boost
http://www.fourgroups.com/teams
Further to the idea above, people often
morale tend to bring short term bene-
approach team building from the per-
fits but struggle to make any sustained
spective of attracting the best talent.
long term impact on a team. Increasing
Whilst An Example 4G Situation
valid, Degree of Psychological Comfort
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awareness but translating this into how
believe
people relate to one another and the
that when com-
means to improve this is often compli-
bined, a second
cated and abstract. Resolving problems
view based on
usually attempts to improve the means
relationships
by which people relate to one another
offers
greater
(as above, far from easy) and where
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practical, changes in workflow and
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Each of the three ideas above offers its
performance and
own advantages and in the right cir-
a
sustainable
cumstances they generate genuine and
advantage.
tangible improvements to teams. What
The Importance of Relationships in Team Building
is lacking however is a repeatable
mation is then supported by a suite of
Who are we?
methodology to improve and optimise
coaching modules looking at topics
Four Groups work with a new approach to behav-
the relationships within a team.
ranging from leadership through to
iours, relationships and culture. This document pro-
problem solving and dealing with
vides some background to our work around team
change.
building, optimising relationships and creating high
To solve this problem, Four Groups pro-
performing teams.
vides a system (4G) to predict and more importantly, improve relation-
Where practical, the third step looks at
ships or ‘people compatibility’. There
making recommendations and changes
are many ways 4G can be applied,
to team structure, workflow and
team building being an obvious exam-
processes. 4G often highlights hidden
ple.
strengths and unknown weaknesses in a team’s structure or workflow. As a
What is the team building applica-
result, it is possible to make the most
tion for 4G?
of these strengths and to minimise the impact of any identified weaknesses.
The team building application for 4G
Finally, these ideas can improve exist-
splits into three distinct steps. The first
ing processes and highlight superior
looks at understanding the current
alternatives to achieving your goals.
4G is a proprietary approach to predicting relationships, behaviour and group cultures. Based in part on the work of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, 4G incorporates measures of people’s strengths, creativity, motivation and weaknesses. The model contains 16 definitions of individual’s behavior, 14 different relationship types and 4 examples of group culture.
strengths, weaknesses and context of the team. 4G provides an in-depth
What is 4G based on?
How does 4G work?
understanding of individual team members, the relationships within the
Using 4G is a very quick and simple
team and the team values or culture.
process. People generally need an
When combined with the context of the
hour, split between a short briefing, an
team, this information offers an accu-
online personality questionnaire and a
rate and insightful ‘snapshot’ of the
feedback session. Optionally, further
team in its current state.
time may be spent on more feedback, either for individuals or for the whole
The second step builds on the first. By
group. At the end of the process, indi-
turning the initial analysis into practical
viduals receive their own reports, while
steps, it is possible to raise individual
a group report is made available for the
effectiveness, optimise existing rela-
decision maker and/or the group,
tionships and to improve overall team
depending on what is required.
performance. 4G contains comprehensive information on how to improve and optimise both individuals and relationships within the team. This infor-
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