Teamwork and Teaming People working together hold the balance of power You cannot do it alone Many leaders recognise that it is not only efficiency drives or incremental performance improvements that need attention – today it is how people work, think and perform together that takes priority. This is why employees are being asked to shift their thinking and take on more responsibility. This is why teamworking, communication and trust are so high on the corporate agenda.

Healthy high-performance

So how do you develop a healthy high-performance environment? Clearly management focus has to change. Today’s managers have to support people who work in concurrent teams, have to encourage the sharing of expertise and knowledge and, perhaps most importantly, have to help people build robust and confident relationships with colleagues and clients.

Embracing the future

Those organisations which have embraced this change are discovering that it unlocks the energy of people who are thirsty to make a contribution. Cultures built around common purpose, teams with a bedrock of shared values, coaching as a valued style of leadership… all these principles are helping to bring alive the spontaneous performance of teams and their leaders.