Your team has a big job to do-against swirling priorities, rapid change, seemingly impossible deadlines, and (for most) a culture where the value of people is questioned. Most teams are formed by groups of people forced to work together who use outdated or even destructive ways of working with others. With scarce resources, it means most teams are destined to flatline and fail. Even though everyone knows what traits successful teams share-such as trust, collaboration, vision, accountability, empowerment, and communication-the distressing truth is few people know how to quickly put those traits into practice. How will you activate the talent your team possesses so you can deliver on expectations? To prove your value to the organization demands you have a proven solution. Based on twenty-five years of empirical data across as many industries from companies of all sizes, Do Big Things decodes a once mystifying formula-a pattern of thinking and behaving teams have utilized in all arenas to overcome extraordinary challenges, deliver big outcomes, and with team members who have their whole heart in it. With this book, your team can replicate the powerful and sustainable framework that enables team members to inherently practice the traits you know are essential to deliver transformative outcomes. The seven steps in the Do Big Things (DBT) Framework put a tangible road map at your fingertips, so your team can use every interaction to model the thinking and actions needed to succeed in today's pressurized workplace. In clear, logical discussions, the authors explain each part of the framework with experienced insight and illuminating examples from the real world so you can seamlessly implement it with your team. Once team members are equipped with the DBT Framework, team members will better:
- Model the self-awareness, emotional courage, and integrity necessary to bring their best to every interaction
- Demonstrate the empathy and transparency necessary to activate and bring out the best in others
- Function with an enterprise mindset, so, as one team, you can connect across the business with other teams to deliver shared objectives
If your instincts tell you that you can develop your team's heart, talent, and potential to do extraordinary things, trust them. With Do Big Things, you can make an epic impact.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Read Me First xiii
1 Teams That Do Big Things 1
Teams that achieve significant outcomes distinguish themselves by taking seven essential steps. The Do Big Things Framework outlines the steps research shows teams must take to do anything extraordinary (without team members killing themselves in the process).
2 Teams That Flatline 23
The needs of every business have changed, yet most teams in companies go about teaming the same way they did years ago. Organizations fail to realize their potential when teamwork is transactional and diminishes people. The end of teamwork (as we know it) is at hand.
3 Commit to the Human Imperative 39
The first step in the Do Big Things Framework is to identify and align team members to the human behaviors essential for delivering the business imperative. Often born from a sense of caring for one another, this is the transformative thinking in how team members perceive each other that sets the stage for values to be put into action.
4 Embody Success (and Leverage Failure) 59
Next, ensure the team personifies the spirit and experience of the success they seek while they pursue their lofty objectives. When excellence is who we are (rather than what we will be someday), then even the hardship we encounter in our journey makes us better and stronger as a team.
5 Choose to Contribute, Activate, and Connect Across the Business 75
Teams that do big things have team members who are equipped to make three specific decisions:
1. The Contributor Decision: I choose to bring my best to this situation.
2. The Activator Decision: I choose to bring out the best in others in every interaction.
3. The Connector Decision: We choose to partner across the business to deliver our shared objective.
6 Exercise Your Barrier-Breaking Authority 99
Determine what stands between the team and success-both real and perceived. Then enable the team to control what they can control, and move issues forward faster by acting upon their inherent authority to choose their response.
7 Focus on What Matters 117
Use the 3 Mind Factors to concentrate on and deliver what causes big things to be achieved: the relationships and teamwork necessary to succeed.
8 Energize Around a Shared Reality 141
Use the Energy Map to make sure the team can tell the truth and function with authenticity. Effectively guide the focus and the common language essential to elevate how team members interact with one another. This step facilitates the needed skills of adaptability and accountability required to do big things.
9 Mobilize Hearts and Minds Forward 169
Empower the team to create and own their role in delivering a stronger future. Use Questions That Trigger Hearts and Minds so everyone internalizes and delivers the team's business imperative.
10 Is Your Team Ready to Do Big Things? 193
Will the team overcome hidden forces in the culture that sabotage best efforts and destroy teams? Where does your team currently stand in its strength and ability to do big things? Answer these questions by using the simple Team Heart Quotient to assess how ready your team is to do big things.
What Big Things Will Your Team Do? 213
Notes 215
Key Terms and List of Tools 225
Acknowledgments 227
About the Authors 229
Index 231
