High Performing Teams

Bruce Tuckman's Four Stages of Team Development are, similar to Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership, a simple way of envisaging the evolution and maturity of a team and its leader.

A key role of a manager is to develop high-performance teams and continue to drive achievement within these. So, just what characterises a high-performance team?

Setting team objectives that are both motivational and realistic is a crucial aspect of driving productivity and performance within high-performance teams, and for developing initial capabilities. 

In order to develop a high-performance team and maintain a growth in performance, managers need to be very specific in their targeted growth interventions. 

Appraisals mark formal milestones through which development can be documented and new actions or programmes planned, contributing to overall performance improvement within the team. 

In order for a team to function highly, all the individual members must be working cohesively and collaboratively. 

In terms which constantly strive for improving performance, knowledge and experience sharing is crucial for group-wide functionality.