No matter the size, industry, or purpose of an organization, effective teamwork is a key component of success. Teams today are more diverse than ever, with individuals of different generations, backgrounds, and mindsets coming together to meet constantly increasing demands for productivity, creativity, and collaboration. In most cases, people want to succeed, and want to contribute to the success of the organization and of their colleagues. So why is internal conflict so prevalent, and such a barrier to positive collaboration and trust?
One cause of the continuous conflict: when individuals try to resolve problems, they address each other’s behaviors – the things they can observe on a surface level. To develop more effective teams, we must help people understand each other’s motivations – the hidden drivers beneath the surface that give us energy (or drain us of it).
Each individual has a unique motivational DNA that not only drives their own behavior, but also shapes how they interpret the actions of others. Revealing these motivations and developing a team-wide understanding of how these motivations align or mutual understanding of them can be a catalyst for transformational team development.
Join MRG for a 60-minute webinar in which we explore how to:
• Separate ‘what’ from ‘why’: understand the difference between behavior and motivation
• Measure motivation: explore a tool that goes beneath the surface to uncover hidden drivers
• Harness the power of a common language: develop a supportive, value-neutral vocabulary talking about motivation
• Foster awareness and acceptance: create a deep level of self-awareness and a culture that stops rating people as good or bad - and starts celebrating them as different
Invest an hour to discover powerful new strategies to develop healthier, happier, more productive teams.
Developing Teams that Work: New Strategies for Supporting Positive Group Dynamics
1. Developing Teams
That Work:
New Strategies for Supporting Positive
Group Dynamics
David Ringwood, VP of Client Development, EMEA
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Why team
development
matters
The benefits of addressing team
dynamics
6. Poll Question
When does your organization (or an organization you typically work with) spend time on team coaching
and development?
A. We consistently work on maintaining healthy team dynamics
B. We have occasional team-building exercises to help our teams connect
C. We address problems within teams as they arise
D. We rarely or never address team dynamics
7. Poll Question
How often do you use psychometric tools as part of your team coaching and development work?
A. They’re almost always part of my work
B. Sometimes; it depends on the engagement
C. I rarely use them with teams
D. I prefer to avoid using them
8. “In the past two decades, the time spent by
managers and employees in
collaborative activities
has ballooned by 50%
or more.”
Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb 2016. “Collaborative Overload.”
Cross, Rebele & Grant.
9. At many companies, employees spend about
80% of their time
interacting with others – in
meetings, on the phone, or responding to
emails.
Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb 2016. “Collaborative Overload.”
Cross, Rebele & Grant.
10. Teamwork is a constant.
Why is it important to have
teams that work?
11. Teams that work keep people engaged.
Engaged
companies
grow profits as
much as 3X
faster than
their
competitors.
A disengaged
employee costs
an
organization
nearly $3,400
for every
$10,000 in
salary.
Highly engaged
employees are
87% less likely
to leave the
organization.
MacLean & Company Corporate Leadership
Council
Corporate Leadership
Council
12. Teams that work keep people.
67% of
decision-
makers say
they’re more
concerned
about turnover
now than they
were 12
months ago.
93% of
Millennials
left their
company the
last time they
changed
roles.
53% of HR pros
say that the
highest
priority in the
coming year is
to retain top
talent
Gallup Randstad Xerox
13. Team conflict comes with big costs.
48%
intentionally
decreased their
work effort.
78%
said their
commitment to
the
organization
declined.
80%
lost time
worrying about
the incident.
Of people who report having experienced
incivility at work:
“The Cost of Incivility.” Christine Porath & Christine Pearson.
Harvard Business Review, January-February 2013.
14. Teams that embrace diversity perform well.
Phillips, Liljenquist, & Neale, 2009
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One key distinction can alleviate
misunderstandings, stress, and
conflict.
What’s stopping
our teams from
working well
together?
17. Monday morning, 9am.
Asks 10
questions
about the
afternoon
client
meeting.
Hasn’t given
anyone
update on the
website re-
launch
project.
Wants to fill
her in on his
son’s lacrosse
win on
Saturday.
Has his door
closed and
his
headphones
in.
Cassandra
AndrewBertram
PennyJulian
18. Monday morning, 9:07am.
Asks her 10
questions
about the
afternoon
client
meeting.
Hasn’t given
anyone
update on the
website re-
launch
project.
Wants to fill
her in on his
son’s lacrosse
win on
Saturday.
Has his door
closed and
his
headphones
in.
Cassandra
AndrewBertram
PennyJulian
Cassandra has
observed her
teammates’
behavior and
is frustrated by
its impact on
herself and her
work.
19. Team development that addresses only
surface-level behaviors
could be falling short.
It’s time to address the
motivations
beneath the surface.
20. Behavior
An action, a habit, a pattern, or an
activity that you engage in.
The people around you can observe
your behavior.
Your behavior may reflect your
environment or a specific situation.
You have behavioral patterns that
develop over time, but individual
behaviors may differ from day to
day.
Motivation
Something within that drives you,
excites you, energizes you.
The people around you cannot
observe your motivations.
Your motivations are intrinsic, and
often stay consistent even when
circumstances change.
Your strongest motivations often
develop early and stay with you for
most of your life.
Behavior vs. Motivation: a critical distinction
21. How different can our
motivations be?
Don’t people basically want the
same things?
22. Motivation varies by gender.
Women Men
Source: MRG study of 27,268 U.S. leaders.
Data drawn from the Individual Directions Inventory™.
23. Motivation varies by age.
20s & 30s 50s & 60s
Source: MRG study of 15,504 U.S. leaders.
Data drawn from the Individual Directions Inventory™.
24. Motivation varies by region.
Source: MRG study of 1,882 leaders.
Data drawn from the Individual Directions Inventory™.
Germany France
25. What happens when motivation is misunderstood?
Asks 10
questions
about the
afternoon
client
meeting.
Hasn’t given
anyone
update on the
website re-
launch
project.
Wants to fill
her in on his
son’s lacrosse
win on
Saturday.
Has his door
closed and
his
headphones
in.
Cassandra
AndrewBertram
PennyJulian
26. What happens when motivation is misunderstood?
Doesn’t he
know I’m
handling it?
He must not
trust me.
Why won’t
she send an
email? Maybe
the project is
behind
schedule.
Doesn’t he
need to get to
work? He
must not have
enough to do.
Why does he
shut himself
off? He must
find his
coworkers
annoying.
Cassandra
AndrewBertram
PennyJulian
Cassandra’s
own biases and
assumptions
influence the
story she tells
herself about
her teammates’
behaviors.
27. What happens when motivation is misunderstood?
Cassandra
Excelling: Gaining satisfaction from challenging oneself and pushing for ever-higher
levels of achievement.
Belonging: Gaining satisfaction from relating to others by developing mutual bonds
of loyalty, cooperation, and friendship.
Structuring: Gaining satisfaction from controlling one’s environment through the use
of organization, precision, and thoroughness.
28. What happens when motivation is misunderstood?
Our core team currencies are eroded.
Trust
Informational
Needs
Interpersonal
Sensitivities
Decision
Making
29. What happens when motivation is misaligned?
PERFORMANCE
How well can
we perform if
we are not
doing
something that
gives us
personal
satisfaction?
SUSTAINABILITY
How long can
we stay
engaged if we
are always
adapting
rather than
living
authentically?
AUTHENTICITY
How much of
our behavior
reflects who we
are, and how
much reflects
how we’ve
adapted to our
situation?
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Key components of a new approach to team
development
Harmony without
Homogeneity
33. Markers of a Top-Down approach
Establishes a narrow definition of the ideal
leader
Encourages leaders to conform to an
organizational leadership or competency model
Discourages deviation from the established
“best” way to lead
Result:
A loss of diversity as the
organization’s culture homogenizes.
34. Markers of a Bottom-Up approach
Goes beyond how people “show up” in their
organizational context to explore their more
intrinsic features and motivations
Embraces diversity to allow greater variety,
authenticity, and self-selection in leadership styles
Prioritizes engagement, empowerment, and
retention over adherence to competency models
Result:
A more diverse and effective
organization that harnesses
contributions from a broader
spectrum of unique individuals.
36. What
Objective self-observation
Improved understanding of preferences, habits, patterns,
and mindsets
Self-
Awareness
1
Why
To recognize our natural biases and reduce their impact
To create greater levels of tolerance and open-
mindedness when observing and interacting with others
37. What
A common vocabulary to talk about
motivation and internal drivers
Words that are descriptive, not evaluative
Shared
Language
2
Why
To form the building blocks for honest, respectful
discussion of difference
To encourage thoughtful conversation that goes deeper
than surface-level behavioral observations
38. What
An understanding of our colleagues’
motivations, drivers, and biases
Insight into how our own biases and drivers could shape
our perceptions of our colleagues’ behavior, and vice versa
Team
Awareness
3
Why
To give ourselves a sharper lens through which to view
our interactions with others
To give us better tools to reflect on individual behavior
before reacting to it
39. What
Respecting, welcoming and
celebrating each other’s differences
Consciously creating an environment that allows unique
individuals to flourish
Active
Inclusion
4
Why
To create a culture where talent feels engaged,
respected, and encouraged to contribute
To harness the many organizational benefits of diverse
perspectives, ideas, and performance styles
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The Bottom-Up
Approach in
Action
A sample approach to inclusive
team development
42. Tackling a specific team challenge:
Informational
Needs
Large part
of our day
Universal to
all roles
Impacts the
bottom line
Unique to
individuals
Dependent
upon role
Channels are
evolving
44. Self-
Awareness
1Assess motivation
Use a scientific assessment
to reveal hidden motivations
and biases.
Deliver results individually
before working with the team.
Avoid assessments that:
• Assess skills or behaviors
• Rely on self-reporting
• Oversimplify results
Individual Directions
Inventory™ (IDI)
45. Shared
Language
2Define motivations
Work individually and collectively to
build an understanding of the
assessment’s vocabulary.
AFFILIATING
Giving
Receiving
Belonging
Expressing
ATTRACTING
Gaining Stature
Entertaining
PERCEIVING
Creating
Interpreting
MASTERING
Excelling
Enduring
Structuring
CHALLENGING
Maneuvering
Winning
Controlling
MAINTAINING
Stability
Independence
Irreproachability
The language of the IDI:
47. Keep me informed; I
like to know what’s
going on.
Give me context; I
need to know why.
I need tangible, specific
details; tell me how.
I value predictability; let
me know well in advance.
Team
Awareness
3Dig deeper into challenging areas
56. Looking ahead…
Individual Directions Inventory™ Certifications
o Live in Chicago: May 24
o Online: starting June 12
o Online: starting August 7
o Live in Portland, Maine: August 16
IDI Team Development Report
o Release date: May 31, 3018
o Webinar: A Closer Look at the IDI Team Development Report: June 27
Details & registration at
MRG.com/calendar
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Notes de l'éditeur
External hires earn 18 percent to 20 percent more than existing employees promoted to similar positions
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School professor Matthew Bidwell’s research shows that the same external hires who receive higher salaries are also given significantly lower performance evaluations during their first 24 months at the new company compared to existing emp
What do we mean by self-awareness?
Our ability to observe ourselves as objectively and as completely as possible, to be aware of our natural preferences and orientations, and to begin to tune into the natural assumptions we make, the way we interpret events and people, the mindsets we carry, and such like.
Without this more complete and objective view, it makes the observation of others much more challenging, and our observations will otherwise be “filtered” through our natural biases, expectations, etc.
What do we mean by bias?
Biases are natural predispositions that we all have, and that we may have a limited awareness of. They are a natural part of being human – if you have a brain, you have a bias. We all walk into the room with different expectations and assumptions, and other people may have completely different biases to ourselves. Biases tend to go deep, so we normalize them to the extent that we don’t see them any more. This of course brings us right back to self-awareness and objectivity in our perspective, or potentially the lack of them.
Most organisational models, performance management systems, development processes, job descriptions and such like use behavioural terms. They tend not to address why people do what they do, and what they find engaging and personally rewarding. There is less of a common language around motivation, and yet it is so core to authentic leadership, sustainability of development and greater effectiveness and talent retention through engagement
Introduce neutrally: choose an assessment that has these qualities
In this example, we’re using our IDI. It has a scientific questionnaire design that unearths motivations that people typically can’t recognize or articulate themselves.
Can be used effectively with:
MBTI (especially Step II)
Lencioni
Belbin
LEA 360