The Performance Manager
By examining what makes a high performing team, this workbook features practical steps you can take to improve your teams' performance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS The Performance Manager
Team Alignment
The same principles of alignment apply to your team as well as to the whole organization.
ACTIVITY 9
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Begin by completing the chart below. (Use a separate piece of paper if you wish to preserve confidentiality.)
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When you have identified, on paper, your perception of the team's vision and shared team objective, check how these key elements are perceived by at least three other members of your team.
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Compare your responses with their responses. Is there total alignment?
Part 1
For you to complete:
| My team's shared vision is: |
| My team's shared objective is: |
Part 2
Ask three members of your team to complete the boxes below (answers can be supplied on separate sheets of paper to preserve confidentiality, if required).
| Team member 1 |
| My team's shared vision is: |
| My team's shared objective is: |
| Team member 2 |
| My team's shared vision is: |
| My team's shared objective is: |
| Team member 3 |
| My team's shared vision is: |
| My team's shared objective is: |
Part 3
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My perception of the team's shared vision and objective is identical to my colleagues' perception of these factors.We are completely aligned:
Yes ?
No ?
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There are some differences between my perceptions and my colleagues' perceptions of these factors:
Yes ?
No ?
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There are so many differences in perception that I wonder if we are all members of the same team:
Yes ?
No ?
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