Mar 19, 2019
Introduction: Dr Krister Lowe is an organisational psychologist, team coach and creator of the team coaching zone podcast. Krister is a specialist in team coaching and his passion is working with teams of teams and on enterprise level coaching. This episode discusses how important teams are in the 21st century in dealing with some of the societies wicked problems. Collaboration of an order we have yet to witness is key. Krister laments how we are not well versed in Teaming skills and many of us have never really operated on a real team. The episode goes on to discuss how teams can help themselves perform well together by emphasising the structure and design of a team as well as the discipline & focus required for sustainability. There are many ways to access potential on teams and Krister is not afraid to work with embodied techniques, our many intelligences, agile techniques and of course psychological safety as the bedrock norm for innovation and performance.
Podcast episode summary:
-Double down on team design
-Get at & focus on a few mission-critical goals
-Have a good Team Launch
-Practice together over time
Quotable Quotes:
“Structure drives behaviour and culture” Krister Lowe
“Most teams are not designed well” Krister Lowe
“I have no question that when you have a team the possibility exists that it will generate magic producing something extraordinary, but don't count on it” Richard Hackman
Plans are useless but planning is indispensable” Eisenhower
Resources: the following includes the resources we alluded to over the course of our conversation