Based on your score, it looks like your team is wasting a lot of time, energy and talent working as a group of individuals rather than a truly cohesive team in adjusting to the “next normal.”
You’re probably struggling to meet deadlines and missing the mark on deliverables. Team members might be competing for the floor or even arguing during meetings. The workload is growing, yet everyone is tired, frustrated and dissatisfied.
You know by now that it takes more than great people to make a great team, but what can you do about it? The good news is, even with just a few small improvements, you’ll not only be able to get more done, everyone will feel a lot more engaged as a team.
Here’s how you can turn things around:
YOUR ACTION PLAN
Communication problems are one of the biggest barriers to team productivity, especially in times of change and uncertainty, so that’s what your 3-step action plan is all about.
Step 1: Upgrade your communication
Download The How-To Guide for Communicating with Different Thinkers to:
Step 2: Having meetings that actually work
Time is a limited resource, so make sure you’re not wasting it! One of the biggest time-wasting culprits is meetings. In fact, according to a study by Atlassian, employees waste 31 unproductive hours in meetings per month. The Meetings That Actually Work Toolkit is an essential guide for running efficient meetings and getting more value from the brainpower on your team and the time you spend together. It comes packed with tips, checklists and activities for making meetings more productive.
Step 3: Take action to improve your team’s productivity by decoding and harnessing your cognitive diversity
Every team has differences in the way the team members think and approach work. This diversity of perspectives can be hugely valuable to your team, but without the tools to understand and manage that cognitive diversity, it’s easy for the team to derail — especially in times of significant disruption — and for productivity to plummet.
Once teams know how to embrace cognitive diversity and use it to their advantage, everything changes. Set up time with a team productivity expert to review your own cognitive diversity and how it might impact your team's productivity. They’ll show you how to harness the power of diversity of thought to elevate your team to the next level.
As you get smarter about how to help your team put its brainpower to work to become more agile and effective, you’ll begin to see results like happier and more motivated team members, higher quality work and a reputation for stronger performance.
Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3. Go ahead, your path to the “next normal” and a more productive team awaits.
We'll email you a copy of your report and action plan so you can have them on hand to refer back to as the situation continues to evolve. Check your inbox soon for a message from our team (and don't forget to add us to your safe senders list so we can get through).
Learn more about the impact cognitive diversity has on business-critical challenges such as productivity, communication, innovation and change.
Based on your score, your team has worked out some of the kinks of operating in the new reality but still has a ways to go if you want to become a true powerhouse. There are some areas where your talent, energies and brainpower are being wasted, and that could be dragging down the team’s effectiveness and morale. You might be missing the mark on important deliverables or struggling to come up with great ideas as a team. The new workload may not be allocated as effectively as it should be, with team members carrying most of the weight. Some people may be distracted or disengaged, and aren’t contributing as much to your meetings (especially in remote environments).
But don’t get discouraged. With just a few more steps in the right direction, you’ll start to see a huge difference, not just in what you can get done but in how much fun you’ll have in the process.
Here’s how you can take it up a notch:
YOUR ACTION PLAN
Step 1: Upgrade your meetings
One key lever for productivity is your team meetings. Download the Meetings That Actually Work Toolkit for planning guides, templates and tools to assess your meetings approach and see where you could switch things up to make a better use of the team’s time and brainpower.
Step 2: Understand how stress is impacting your team in this uncertain time
Maybe your team was productive when things were calm, but now things have been turned upside down, the stress is really kicking in and weighing on your productivity. With some helpful strategies to turn to when the pressure heats up, you’ll be able to keep your productivity on an even keel. Get The Whole Brain® Stress Management Toolkit, and share it with your entire team. It will provide you with the tools you need to get smarter about how you handle stress and pressure, with tips and exercises for getting back to tip-top shape now, and staying that way in the “next normal” that will follow.
Step 3: Accelerate your return to productivity by decoding and harnessing your cognitive diversity
Every team has differences in the way the team members think and approach work. This diversity of perspectives can be hugely valuable to your team, but without the tools to understand and manage that cognitive diversity, it’s easy for the team to derail — especially in times of significant disruption — and for productivity to plummet.
Once teams know how to embrace cognitive diversity and use it to their advantage, everything changes. Set up time If you’d like to learn more about setting up time with a team productivity expert to review your own cognitive diversity and how it might impact your team's productivity. They’ll show you how to harness the power of diversity of thought to elevate your team to the next level.
Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3. Go ahead, your path to the “next normal” and a more productive team awaits.
We'll email you a copy of your report and action plan so you can have them on hand to refer back to as the situation continues to evolve. Check your inbox soon for a message from our team (and don't forget to add us to your safe senders list so we can get through).
Despite all of the uncertainty and change, it seems like your team is doing a pretty good job of keeping productivity high. You communicate well and have the processes in place to get things done efficiently. Your meetings likely have tight agendas and roles for every attendee, and your team is probably the envy of other teams in the organization. In fact, other team leaders might be asking you, “How do you do it?” But don’t get complacent. In these unprecedented times, new challenges can come from anywhere, creating stress that quickly derails a team’s productivity and send morale into a downward spiral.
Here’s how you can keep up the momentum:
YOUR ACTION PLAN
The key to continued productivity for your team is to learn how to keep up the great work even when the pressure's on. Follow this 3-step plan to get started:
Step 1: Stay a step ahead of stress
Get The Whole Brain® Stress Management Toolkit, and share it with your entire team. It will provide you with the tools you need to get smarter about how you handle stress and pressure, with tips and exercises for staying in tip-top shape no matter what the current (or subsequent) crisis throws at you.
Step 2: Think ahead about how you’ll continue to adapt
A team is only as good as its weakest player, and in some cases, that player is the leader. The workplace is changing every day, so you can’t afford to fall behind. Get ahead of the game by downloading The Inclusive Leadership Playbook—for yourself and your fellow team leaders. You'll learn some practical steps you can take right away to encourage everyone on the team to bring their best thinking to work.
Step 3: Unlock even more productivity by decoding and harnessing your team’s cognitive diversity
Every team has differences in the way the team members think and approach work. This diversity of perspectives can be hugely valuable to your team, but without the tools to understand and manage that cognitive diversity, it’s easy for the team to derail — especially in times of significant disruption — and for productivity to plummet.
Once teams know how to embrace cognitive diversity and use it to their advantage, everything changes. Set up time with a team productivity expert to review your own cognitive diversity and how it might impact your team's productivity. They’ll show you how to harness the power of diversity of thought to elevate your team to the next level.
Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3. Go ahead, your path to the “next normal” and a more productive team awaits.
We'll email you a copy of your report and action plan so you can have them on hand to refer back to as the situation continues to evolve. Check your inbox for a message from our team (and don't forget to add us to your safe senders list so we can get through).
Everybody thinks differently. The biases you carry around with you have profound effects on the way you work, communicate, and collaborate.
In order to grow, we have to choose to see our biases for what they are, and open ourselves to the reality that our preferences aren’t the only way.
That’s the essence of Whole Brain® Thinking - giving you the perspective and the power to choose.
