With the uncertainty that still exists around, “what’s next”, COVID, flu season, war, threats, politics, and how we work, leaders are looking, more and more, to coaches for a dependable, reliable, impartial, skill enhancing, confidential relationship that can form part of their personal Board of Directors.
In one of my last articles I talked about teams and one of the most crucial parts of forming a team is that every member of the team, for most of the time, puts the team objectives ahead of their own. And, they don’t break trust with the team.
Both of these things are really difficult for people at times when they work in a low trust, low team environment. This week I saw an episode of “Seal Team” on TV called Fog of War. Looking past the drama of a Seal team on crazy missions, this episode was about putting the team and trust first!
In a team, especially in a high performance oriented team, a key tenet is that team members put the objectives and goals of the team above their own for most of the time! (check out my LinkedIn Group on High Performance) .
Potentially this sets up a direct conflict with our identities. If our identities are powerful and central to us, putting the team first is going to be tough, especially where that requires us to do things or behave differently than our identity says we should.
