{"id":917,"date":"2015-11-23T12:16:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T12:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agencyplatform.com\/blog\/?p=917"},"modified":"2024-11-20T04:27:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T04:27:17","slug":"making-teams-effective-by-using-5-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agencyplatform.com\/blog\/making-teams-effective-by-using-5-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Teams Effective by Using 5 Key Success Factors by Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Having a team with members brighter than yourself would bring you the success that you’ve been seeking. But just culminating smart members isn’t the answer to having a bright team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the couple of years that have passed by, Google<\/a> has had around 180 of its teams under the microscope, finding ways to achieve success. In the process, more than 200 employees were interviewed in which questions on teamwork attitude were poured in to know all the common attributes of a perfectly operating team.<\/p>\n

Post-search results showcase five traits that are adopted by prime teams that help them stand up higher than the others. But these traits aren’t as skill-based as you might think.<\/p>\n

A strategic perspective paired up with cultural & psychological factors are very important. So is the feature that talks about the manner in which people work with one another in order to keep a team efficient.<\/p>\n

Let us now look at the 5 key factors that propel teams:-<\/p>\n

1. Psychological safety<\/strong><\/p>\n

The freedom & ability to take risks without worrying about being mocked or taunted.<\/p>\n

2. Being Dependable<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trust is an important asset. Being dependable upon your colleagues to complete high standard tasks.<\/p>\n

3. Clear Understanding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each team member must know what each assigned task is about, and what is expected off them for it.<\/p>\n

4. Work, and its purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have thorough knowledge of the work that’s been assigned?<\/p>\n

5. How would it impact?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Would the effort put in have the boat rowing any faster?<\/p>\n

In the 5 points put forth, the psychological safety feature turns out to be the most important one.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all reluctant to engage in behaviours that could negatively influence how others perceive our competence, awareness, and positivity. Although this kind of self-protection is a natural strategy in the workplace, it is detrimental to effective teamwork.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0 As explained by Google\u2019s Julia Rozovsky.<\/p>\n

Employees in a workplace who feel psychologically secure are more likely to:<\/p>\n