Leading High Performing Teams

Understanding how high performing teams are formed and nurtured is an important skill for leaders. Here are some ideas on how to grow high performing teams.

Before we get to the video in this module, take a look at these two brief videos of sport teams and think about the characteristics of high performing teams. What makes these two teams work at high levels of achievement, despite the pressure, stress and even danger they face?

Additional Resources

When we run our live leadership development programs, participants will engage in an activity we call, “Spaghetti Towers” or “Paper Towers”. Here is a Ted talk on that experiment, which specifically calls out lawyers.

Spaghetti Towers

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Creating High Performing Teams with Psychological Safety