A Beginner’s Guide to Building Great Teams
If you’ve known me longer than five minutes, you’ll know that I place a heavy emphasis on the value of a high performing, collaborative and cohesive team that also provides a safe space for each member of the team to be themselves, speak their mind, and grow in their career. And most importantly, have fun while doing it. In today’s world with fully remote, distributed teams and uncertainty about what the future holds, this is more important than ever.
While I don’t pretend to have all of the answers on how to build and nurture a high performance team with these attributes, I do have some thoughts and ideas that I’d like to share around what has worked for me.
As I’ve grown in my career as a leader, I’ve viewed my approach as my “special sauce” and part of what makes me unique. I’m fully cognizant that this approach is one of many out there, but it’s worked well for me and fits my style. And the proof is in the pudding — the teams I’ve managed have had consistently low attrition, high levels of engagement, and colleagues who have joined me across multiple companies. So with that, let’s get started!
