Designing Teams To Succeed
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." - African Proverb
Optimize The Team
Understand the Landscape (Foundation)
Ground all subsequent team design in current objectives, strategic priorities, and operational realities.
Define Core Capabilities (Future State)
Identify the essential team skills and functional competencies required to achieve future strategic goals and business success.
Engage & Asses Talent (People First)
Respectfully understand current team members' skills, experiences, and aspirations to align them effectively with the future vision.
Design & Evolve the Structure (Execution)
Create an optimal, adaptable team structure that aligns talent with the required capabilities and addresses any skill gaps to drive business outcomes.
Empower The Team
My leadership philosophy is centered on trust and accountability. In practice, this means setting clear expectations and providing my team with the autonomy to deliver and grow as individuals. I strive to cultivate a team environment that is safe, accountable, and fun because I believe this ultimately leads to achieving great things, together.
My Values
- Transparency
- Trust/Integrity
- Empowerment
- Accountability
- Curiosity
Values in Action
- Clear expectations
- Autonomy
- Collaborative
- Problem solving
- Clarity
Team Culture
- Safe, high trust
- Accountable
- Supportive
- Growth focussed
- Fun
Team Impact
- Happy customers
- High performing
- Growth
- Innovative
- Excited for Monday 😀
Operate With Clarity
My Expectations of You (my team)
- Focus on the Customer: Whether internal or external, focus on understanding the customer you serve, which in turn, will enable you to deliver better outcomes.
- Live Your Life: We are not working at the ER, deliver great results at work and in life!
- Ownership: Own your area and be(come) the expert. Become THE trusted resource.
- Seek Feedback: Progress before perfection, seek feedback early to refine, collaborate and build a better solution.
- Build Trust: Every customer engagement (internal or external) builds your brand. Brand is what builds company and personal growth. Protect it by delivering high quality, consistent experiences.
- Learn & Grow: Fail fast, fail early, learn and experiment. Try to improve every week and reap the compounding returns.
My Expectations of Me
- Clarity: I'll provide clarity on what matters and why.
- Bias for Action: I'll move fast, and I'll expect the same.
- Outcomes Over Noise: I care more about outcomes than pretty presentations.
- Acknowledge Mistakes and Move Forward: I guarantee I'll make mistakes. I'll own them, acknowledge them, and move forward.
- Ownership: I'll ask you to own your work, and I'll own mine.
- Humility: No ego here, no egos welcome.
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