Team Elements

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If we can talk about the "mental side of baseball", isn't it time we talk about the mental side of business team performance? Maybe it's time to get you and your team a coach. Contact us at teamelements.com/contact/ for more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/sports/ken-ravizza-sports-psychologist.html

A Sports Psychology Guru Dies, but His Practices Live On Ken Ravizza may not be as famous as Joe Maddon, the Cubs manager. But like Maddon, he changed the way people approach and think about baseball.

"Today more companies are rethinking what teams should focus on and how they are formed." What are you, your team, and your organization doing to stay ahead of the curve? Let's talk and start to unlock the potential of your team!

Companies are Rethinking How to Structure Teams Teamwork is increasingly happening in ad hoc ways, with work done through organically-formed teams.

The best Problem Solving Teams are those who value and understand the importance of Psychological Safety. "The groups that performed well-treated mistakes with curiosity and shared responsibility for the outcomes. As a result, people could express themselves, their thoughts and ideas without fear of social retribution. The environment they created through their interaction was one of psychological safety."

The Two Traits of the Best Problem-Solving Teams You need both diversity and safety.

The climate within a team can dramatically impact its effectiveness. Here at Team Elements, we define climate as the internal atmosphere that aligns team behaviors. A positive climate can be described as the right "vibe" or like the team is "clicking".

What kind of climate are you fostering within your team? Is it what you want or are there ways in which you wish it could improve?

4 Ways to Create a Learning Culture on Your Team Start by hiring curious people.

While studying factory teams, researchers found that higher levels of interpersonal sensitivity and emotional stability resulted in more-cohesive teams and increased prosocial behavior among team members. Empirical data continues to point us towards collective team strength as having more impact than lone individuals. Want to know more about how you can unlock the potential of your team? Visit our website at teamelements.com

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263237314000802

Team diversity and team helping behavior: The mediating roles of team cooperation and team cohesion This study regards team helping behavior as a collective phenomenon that happens at the level of work teams. We argue that both the surface-level demo…

We've all heard about learned helplessness, but what are you and your team doing to orient towards LEARNED HOPEFULNESS? Read more from our Founder below.

Learned Team Hopefulness: Subtle Shifts Lead to Powerful Possibilities - Team Elements In the Team Elements coaching practice, when we’re coaching teams who are starting to dig in, there are these little, powerful moments. You can often sense them coming. A focused calmness takes hold, people sit up a little straighter or literally lean in, fidgeting stops and eyes widen. It’s a d...

Interested in hearing all the ins and outs of effective teamwork? Listen here for the details from an expert in the field.

005: Driving the Ecosystem of Effective Teams For better or for worse, teams are here to stay. Across industries and organizations – in both professional and personal capacities - tasks are increasingly put on teams of individuals. Positive drive

Google’s research implies that the kinds of people in your team are not as relevant to effectiveness as one might assume. More predictive factors are how clear roles are between team members, how team members interact with one another, and whether individual members values align with team values. Read below for a full explanation of this empirical research or contact us at teamelements.com to take the next step towards clear roles, psychologically safe interactions, and aligned values in your team.

https://hbr.org/2017/01/great-teams-are-about-personalities-not-just-skills

Great Teams Are About Personalities, Not Just Skills Having the right mix of people is critical.

Do you have your TEAM googles on?!

If your answer is "what does that even mean?" or "no I lost them years ago" or "I've got them but I need always need a good reminder" then click the link below and read for some valuable insights.

Have My Team Goggles On - Team Elements Previous posts in this series focused on the importance of Teams in our daily lives. They shape so much of our daily interactions. They create a sense of togetherness in a world that often seems alienating. Yet despite their importance, Teams are quite difficult to see in their fullness. And if we c...

"Business problems today are too big for any one person to solve. Agile teams are much more effective at solving problems than are lone geniuses"

https://hbr.org/2015/09/3-ways-to-encourage-smarter-teamwork

3 Ways to Encourage Smarter Teamwork No one person has all the answers.

"Fostering a spirit of trust is critical for drawing out the best in any group." http://bit.ly/2xNAjce

The Power of Teamwork Few people realize that a group can accomplish what an individual alone cannot do — even when it comes to individual advancement. If you want the next promotion, you have to elbow that hardworking colleague next to you out of the way, right? Wrong. Here’s a true story that shows you why. It started…