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Do you have a "High-Performing Team"?
It's widely accepted that a successful business is dependent on having a strong team behind it. Within this realm there are the regular teams... and then there are the exceptional “High-Performing Teams” or HPT.
It begs the question how is an "HPT" defined?
Well, here is one answer that seems to net it out.
High-performing teams know what they are doing, why they are doing it, and how to speak up to move work forward. Or better put, team performance is driven through purpose, clarity and psychological safety.
High-performance is often painted in broad strokes. However, one thing we know with certainty is this: It is easily observable when you see it in “action,” and if you are part of an HPT, you can actually “feel” it working. When business owners create a connected team culture, clearly tie tasks to talent, and foster an environment where team members truly feel heard, they build the foundation for exceptional performance--period.
Having an HPT in place not only drives business by creating efficiencies, scale, and growth, it helps optimize client experiences that lead to creating loyalty and referrals. If you want to own a differentiated RIA, accelerate the building of your enterprise value, attract and keep great talent, and literally put some joy back into your day-to-day, anything less will be deemed unacceptable.
So how does one go about transforming their current team into one that would be characterized as high-performing?
It starts by doing a deep dive on the talent that you have in place.
This involves using tools and resources that help us better understand each of our teammates.
You should expect scientifically validated questions that will help each team member understand their unique personality, their needs (defined by what they need from others and their work environment to support their best behavior), and their stress behavior, which results from their needs not being met for extended periods of time. It also identifies their organization strengths, and their interests (defined as what drives and motivates them from a “type of work” perspective).
High-Performance begins with alignment of these behavioral and organizational components, with the kind of work that they do.
And lucky for you... you have tru!
Leveraging our extensive experience and certified resources, tru's team guides our partner RIAs through an assessment to help transform and elevate their teams to an HPT level.
Each team member works directly with tru to execute and review the results of their assessment, getting one-on-one consultation. This is followed up with tru-led team building, where we typically learn more about each other than we have ever known in the past.
Too often, we never fully appreciate our team talent for what it truly is and the related dynamics that go with a team. But upon gaining a greater understanding of how our team aligns itself with the team’s specific assigned roles and responsibilities, we can begin to build greater clarity, purpose, and create an environment of psychological safety.
Let's start now.