Introducing "Food for Thought" #103. The formula is simple: three short messages 2x a month to feed your mind.
Management
How do you build a superteam that keeps getting better?
The best-performing teams are not necessarily those with the best plans or the most talent. They're often the ones who learn the fastest.
Recent research high-performance teams show that they develop, first and foremost, a culture of continuous improvement. They don't sit on past successes. On the contrary, they abhor the status quo. They constantly experiment, adjust, learn and evolve.
The leaders of these teams encourage curiosity, risk-taking, learning and courageous conversations. They create safe environments where innovation is not only allowed, but expected.
Posture
Normalize discomfort and tolerance to imperfections
In today's world, imperfections are everywhere. It would be utopian to try to eliminate them. Instead, the most successful teams learn to develop a strategic posture in the face of challenges: "We've had the wind in our face for a month now, but we'll get through it... and even learn from it."
Obstacles are not signs of failure. Very often, they are precisely the sign that we are making progress.
Teamwork
Learning also requires measuring
How can a team really improve if nothing is observed, named or tracked over time? Superteams set up indicators that open up real conversations. This is exactly what the Team Cohesion Index.
Ultimately, superteams don't strive for perfection. Rather, they strive to improve every day. And that's often how 1 + 1 ends up being 11.
