High-performing successful teams, along with high-achieving organizations, are well-curated and assembled. Periodically, they adjust to fine-tune and improve results. Within groups, the adjustments are to people and processes that enhance flow and connection. When teams improve, the interconnection between them helps bring enhanced results.
We forget that the teams comprise individuals, likely any organization’s most significant expense or investment. While we may be obsessed with work performance, improving skills, aligning processes, and refining systems to support the organization, we rarely apply the same level of attention to the person. Instead, we expect the person who has health issues or struggling with personal challenges to perform at the level expected, regardless of their state.
How is this possible?
The poor running program and the misfunctioning process will finally break down. So will the individual, not in an optimal state, begin to fail and collapse in due course?
Getting to know our team, caring for them, and ensuring they have balance is necessary if we seek top performance. An individual’s physical, emotional, and mental elements are all critical. One misaligned aspect will appear in all other facets, possibly not today, but soon enough.
When we seek to maintain a fully functioning system, let’s be sure all the components work well and, when required, apply the necessary care, especially to our greatest asset.
