Squadify Connects

Your team has started their power bundle journey. They've got their results from their Squadify team tracker and are now focused on the actions to close the gaps. So how do you best engage as the coach?

We've so far covered how the power bundle works, and we hope you've also had a chance to connect with your team leader and or the team, or at least plan those meetings. Now it's time to launch the first Squadify team tracker. In this episode, we'll explore briefly the data, the report, how the individual and team debriefs run and making the actions work.

Welcome to Squadify's Power Bundle, the data-driven approach led by you, the coach that will optimise team dynamics and deliver the outcomes that they want to achieve.

You've started your power bundle, got your results from Squadify, and are focused on your actions to close the gaps. How do you best engage with your coach?

We've covered already how the Power Bundle works, and with luck, you've also had a chance to connect with your coach. Now it's time to launch your first Squadify team tracker. In this episode, we'll explore briefly the data, the report, how the individual and team debrief run and making the actions work.

Welcome to Squadify Power Bundle, the data-driven approach with your very own coach that'll accelerate and optimise your team's dynamics and deliver the outcomes you want to achieve.

If you've been with us from the start. Congratulations. You have completed your workout. Almost a year of insights and experiments is complete, and we hope that it's been really beneficial to you and your team. But the journey doesn't quite end here.

Average teams tend to work hard, but they're more reactive, more transactional and execution is often done by individuals, not the team. High performing teams deliver the most important things consistently, and they deliver together. There's a secret to doing this that will let you into in this Connect.

Human beings are hardwired to be relational, but in the competitive, fast-paced world of business teams can become tunnel visioned into achieving tasks, delivering technical expertise, and in doing so sometimes creating friction and challenge in the dynamics. So what's the payback for investing on developing your work relationships?

Good teams are often nice. You feel it. Everyone's friendly, meetings are smooth and people are polite. But these teams can be missing the ingredients of psychological safety that would actually accelerate their performance. What do the best teams do to build on the niceness to really deliver? We'll take a look at the theory and also share some Squadify client success stories about how they made t...

Clarity for a team can be a challenge to nail down, particularly when there's internal change, external challenges, and even chaos, which seems to make it a moving target. It's easy enough to fall back onto individual KPIs and relegate the importance of team goals. But high-performing teams buck this trend and show a specific discipline to make success a shared experience by developing and reviewi...

In the next five Connects, we'll be drawing on the latest science and particularly sharing some insights from Squadify's almost 2 million data points to help to rapidly accelerate your own teams. We hope we can help you to take the guesswork out of teamwork.

Decision-making can be a mysterious process in teams so here’s a template that you can use for Aligned Decision-Making to make things more transparent and to get better outcomes: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/Aligned%20Decision-Making%20(ADM)%20process%20.pdf

Here’s a link to the work of the father of executive coaching, John Whitmore and his GROW model: https://www.performanceconsultants.com/grow-model

This Connect once again uses the trusty 3Ws but this time in combination with EIC. Here are some resources to help you. 3Ws: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/1-Dec-12-2023-10-35-28-1287-AM.png EIC feedback model: https://turningoverpebbles.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/want-to-improve-performance-effective-feedback-is-key/

Things sometimes get a bit tricky so being able to lead difficult conversations can deliver better outcomes for all concerned. Here are some useful resources to help you: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/1-Dec-12-2023-10-35-28-1287-AM.png

Your meetings should be specific, small, short and structured. Here’s a link to the 3Ws to help with the structure: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/1-Dec-12-2023-10-35-28-1287-AM.png

This first in the mini-series on rockstar team skills, this Connect is on facilitation. It’s rare to see a team leader facilitating team discussions (and it’s challenging as they have their own say too!) but when it happens, it transforms the outputs and is more inclusive and engaging than yet another group conversation. For workshopping ideas, this is a very handy website: https://www.liberatings...

John Kotter’s model on leading change is still a highly effective approach to change. It gives leaders the steps that, if followed will help team members accelerate through the change curve together. Take a deeper dive here: https://www.kotterinc.com/methodology/8-steps/

The ability to have structured conversations that lead to good outcomes for everyone involved is a vital skill of a leader. This Connect explores how you can use the 3Ws structure to so this. Copy and paste this URL into your browser - 3Ws: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/1-Dec-12-2023-10-35-28-1287-AM.png

This Connect revisits Psychological Safety in the specific context of change. You can remind yourself of Timothy Clarke’s model here: https://psychsafety.co.uk/the-four-stages-of-psychological-safety/

This Connect is about how the brain reacts to stress. For additional research on the ‘amydala hijack’ take a look here: https://www.healthline.com/health/stress/amygdala-hijack For a deeper understanding of the sort of threats that may be perceived but the brain, check out the work of David Rock: https://www.mindtools.com/akswgc0/david-rocks-scarf-model

This week, we dive deeper into the human aspects of change using the Kubler-Ross change curve. You can find loads of resources here: https://www.ekrfoundation.org/5-stages-of-grief/change-curve/

Change is truly becoming a constant today. Navigating the journey of transformations, restructures and layoffs is difficult for any employee, but requires specific skills and behaviours to understand and lead both yourself and your team through the transition. This miniseries gives you a clear perspective on what change is, how to navigate it, and how to compassionately lead your team through it.

Agile is not just a load of ceremonies and process. All the conditions for team success need to be in place to make it work. Use this simple guide to the 3Cs that is tuned for agile: https://7942349.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/7942349/3-Dec-12-2023-10-07-45-3937-AM.png