It’s hard to imagine a top-flight sports team neglecting group training in favour of individual coaching and still expecting to win. So why do we expect that from our teams in the workplace? It’s long been our view that leaders need to focus on the collective...
The old complaint about organisations ‘working in silos’ can still be heard echoing through the (virtual) corridors of many workplaces. But instead of spending time and energy breaking down silos, there is another way. It’s a ‘network of teams’ or ‘teams of teams’, or you might...
Sometimes the answer is closer to home than you think. Our client, a global pharmaceutical company, discovered this when it put its own high performing teams under the spotlight and used the learnings to improve performance in 10 senior teams elsewhere in the group. Team acceleration...
By Juliet Hammond, Research and Data Analytics Lead As we observe the easing of lockdown restriction in some regions and start to move into a new phase of living with covid-19 we see researchers and observers reflecting on how businesses and employees will emerge from the dramatic changes of 2020/21....
Over the years we’ve seen how strong teams connect people. The flipside is that we’ve also seen how ‘strong personal connections’ is often rated lowest in importance for teams. Our experience is backed up by research by Gartner which found that employees who feel well connected...
Are too many organisations paying lip service to the crucial role that teams play in driving performance? There seems to be a lack of urgency or action, with clients telling us that they know they need to spend more time focusing on their team, but...
By guest contributor Dan Hammond, CPO of Squadify This week, a group of Brewdog ex-employees wrote an open letter citing a “culture of fear” and “toxic attitude” at the company. They went on to say that a “significant number” of them had suffered mental illness as...
By guest contributor Pia Lee, CEO of Squadify 209. That’s the number ringing in our ears this week. As many individuals are slogging their way through a daunting number of push-ups in support of mental health provision, those numbers are designed to be significant. 209 males die...
By Juliet Hammond, Research and Data Analytics Lead Well it’s the end of May and lockdown is easing in some parts of the world, whilst the pandemic continues to terrify communities elsewhere. We are cautiously making steps towards a safer future, reconnecting with our communities and work colleagues but remembering...
By guest contributor Dan Hammond, CPO of Squadify Both the Spectator and the Guardian have had a pop at Prince Harry this week for speaking up about mental illness. These come from different ends of the political spectrum so it’s surprising to see them making some...