
Leaders should ensure that the sub-teams have perspective on the main goal.There is no individual success or failure. All elements within the greater team are crucial and must work together to accomplish the mission. Always be focused on identifying your weaknesses and improving them.īuilding a high performance Team Principle 1: Cover and Move Never get complacent with past success.Never let personal success become more important than the team’s success.When the team faces a challenge, step up and help them develop a plan to overcome it.

When you make a mistake, be humble and admit it.Personal agenda’s become more important than the team’s mission, leading to poor performance and eventual failure.

(Otherwise actions might not lead to success)Įgo clouds our judgement and prevents us from the seeing the world as it is. There must be alignment on the goals across the teams.( If juniors don’t believe in a strategy, they would not give it their 100%). Always explain to your teammates the “Why” behind what they are doing.Keep asking questions until you are clear on “Why we are doing it?”.In order to convince and inspire others to follow and accomplish a mission, a leader must be a true believer in the mission. Help the team face the facts through a brutal and realistic assessment. Continuously assess the team performance and strive for important.Groom the junior leaders to be ready to take on the jobs and responsibilities of their immediate bosses if the need arises.If poor performance is accepted and no one is held accountable, the poor performance becomes the new standard. It can’t be disconnected from their team. Principle 2: No Bad Teams, Only Bad LeadersĪ leader’s success or failure depends on the success or failure of their team. Always remember to give credit to your team members.If they don’t perform, you must take the tough call to terminate them. You must train and mentor underperformers in your team.Look through the objective lens of reality and identify what went wrong. When failure happens, don’t blame others.The leader bears full responsibility for explaining the strategic mission, developing the tactics, and securing the training and resources to enable the team to properly and successfully execute.


Building the right mindset Principle 1: Extreme Ownership
