In Episode 2, we outline the framework for developing this quality in your team.
THE 3P’s
Going into a New Season, to develop Team Telepathy in your business team, you need to have 3 things:
The right kind of players
The right kind of process
And the right kind of patience
THE RIGHT KIND OF PLAYERS - Your Top Talent
High performing teams consist of motivated, skilful people with strong individual talent and the skills and desire to connect and combine with others.
Companies need their workforce to be “On the Bus.” Creative work teams are looking for a bigger, earlier say in co-designing that bus.
One criteria we would add to a talent selection — if not already there —Is a candidate’s potential to contribute to the playful, purposeful connectivity that underpins Team Telepathy.
THE RIGHT KIND OF PROCESS - Preseason for Business
Transitions from covid restrictions to “post-covid,” or from remote to hybrid, or old strategy to new, need more than just strong company values and norms and worker adaptability.
A team in transition needs close interaction from the team leader and a process that everyone understands, benefits from, and buys in to.
In complex environments, situations and opportunities may evolve rapidly.
Teams have to have the freedom to act and adapt. That’s what good preparation achieves.
In sport team development there is an established and proven Preseason/Early season process which can be creatively mapped over to business.
In addition to strategic direction and financial investment, the key role of the club or company is to be“ The Custodian of the Team Shirt.”
A team shirt carries in its fibre mission, history, values and norms, and serves to transmit pride, inspiration and togetherness which a player feels when he or she puts on that shirt.
THE RIGHT KIND OF PATIENCE - “Hurry Slowly”
A famous NFL football coach said: “In a 17 week season I won’t really know my team until game 5.”
Patience is a virtue, and is vital in both sport and business.
But a business team and it leaders need a different kind of patience, particularly during development or transition time.
We can’t just say: “Well, be patient , it will come.”
Many top products (e.g. the iPhone) are the result of the combination of an innovative vision strong game plan, trust in the development team, and patience based on the ability to keep track of, and communicate key indicators.
Most companies already have their well-tested quarterly performance reviews - KPIs. We suggest you add TTPIs: Team Telepathy Progress Indicators.
You can develop TTPIs by getting together with your team and having them define what measures makes sense for their team - More round-the-table Team Telepathy talks; less surveys and check-boxes.
TEAMS ARE THE ENGINES.
LISTEN TO THEM. FUEL THEM. HELP THEM HUM.
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