What's Teamwork Kryptonite and How is it Stifling Your Ability to Become Elite?

Summary: Maura Barclay shares her insights on building high-performance teams and creating psychologically safe environments. She emphasizes the importance of genuine care and respect for team members, as well as the need to balance individual needs with the goals of the organization. Maura also discusses the impact of command and control leadership versus a human-centric approach, and how leveraging people data and talent optimization can help in building effective teams. She highlights the detrimental effects of individuals who prioritize self-interest over teamwork and offers strategies for managing such behavior.Key Takeaways: Genuine care and respect for team members is the foundation of building high-performance teams.Command and control leadership has its place, but a human-centric approach fosters psychological safety and trust.Leveraging people data and talent optimization can help in understanding individual needs and behaviors.Individuals who prioritize self-interest over teamwork can derail team performance and should be managed immediately.Creating a psychologically safe environment requires open and honest communication, vulnerability, and the establishment of operating agreements.<br/>
Chapters: Timestamp 00:03:00 The importance of psychological safety and direct feedback00:08:00 Balancing command and control with a human-centric approach00:11:00 Using people data and talent optimization to build trust00:14:00 Showing care to maximize capacity and loyalty00:16:00 Competitive behavior that derails high performance teams.00:18:00 Identifying and avoiding hiring "productive a-holes".00:20:00 Creating psychological safety through real conversations and vulnerability.00:22:00 Facilitating operating agreements to operationalize core values.00:24:00 Maura Barclay's non-traditional background and lessons for building high performance teams.
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