by Joe Espana | May 7, 2024 | Blog, Teams
Why are high performing teams important for businesses? That was a question I heard asked of a colleague who referred to me on a recent podcast as someone who knows a bit about this subject. In a nutshell, high performing teams are important because they achieve...
by Joe Espana | Oct 4, 2023 | Blog, Podcast, Teams
It was National Inclusion Week, last week. And as we know it’s one of the four dimensions in which psychological safety at work is perceived by others. So I thought it was a perfect opportunity to have a chinwag with my good friend and colleague Scott Chambers in...
by Joe Espana | Aug 11, 2023 | Podcast, Teams
What emotions does the success of this team depend on? It’s a great question, seldom asked. The teams success is usually perceived as a combination of collective knowledge, skills and behaviours, agreed purpose and processes needed to perform. And they form part of...
by Joe Espana | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog, Teams
Trust in teams is a fundamental pillar of employee engagement and ultimately team performance. But what can team leaders actually do about it? In his book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’, Stephen Covey says: “Without trust we don’t truly collaborate,...
by Joe Espana | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog, Teams
The Challenge Our client was the new CIO for the UK business of global book publishing group Hachette. While the technology division had had almost a decade of major transformation success it had become siloed and disconnected from the business. As Chris...
by Joe Espana | Jun 11, 2021 | Blog, Teams
Crazy question, I know, but post-pandemic businesses are really dependent on collective effort, not individual performance, to move from surviving, to thriving and growing again. Like any sports team with star players, you still need the whole team’s effort to...
