The six core values of performing teams...

What is the secret to performing teams?

What are the key ingredients to a successful team...in professional sport, organisations of all kind, even families?

We are often asked this question in our practice.

The short answer is: lots of factors! Otherwise, everyone would attain elusive results.

Almost like a golf swing, numerous little things go into a achieving excellence.

For context, we believe values form the building blocks of organisational culture. Clearly defined behaviours and adherence to them is fundamental to nurturing the desired culture.

In this article, we focus on the six core values or behaviours that must be practiced for any team to perform.

Values themselves can be broadly grouped into three: Goodness, Core and Organisational.

Goodness Values

By goodness values, we refer to those ethical and moral standards that we consider a minimum for the pursuit of goodness. In other words what we generally expect from good human beings. Integrity, truthfulness, good manners, work ethic,…