Teamwork & Team Building works when people learn together. Learning is a differentiator. The company that has learning teams & people may understand, learn, apply, re-learn & make rapid changes that competitors (non-learning teams) cannot understand. Or the challenges may be understood, but the focus is so aggressively on results that the people, processes & profit will be hurt in the long term.
- This is illustrated in the Results vs. Process matrix.
- Also, ‘Coaching & the point of interaction.’
Thinking about Team Work to Create Results
- Results are great. This is not an anti-results statement. It is a pro-learning statement. I’ve worked with many teams that focused & were pushed so hard to achieve results that the fun & learning were sucked out of their work. This behavior causes underemployment and people who may be actively working against the results you are pushing to achieve. Causing a resistance loop.
Thinking about Team Work to Create Learning
- Results happen while the team is learning. This is the core of people working to their full capacity. To encourage learning through the work, teams can grow stronger & achieve results. This cooperation loop is self-reinforcing.
Team Work to Create Results | Team Work to Create Learning |
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Goal: Capture profits today – if not sooner. | Goal: Create long-term value. |