Team Values at Work

While a shared goal or vision is important to the team's success it is not the only important factor. Teams are derailed everyday through misalignment of team values. A value defines a code of behaviour, belief, or material element that you intrinsically adopt or hold important. When you know someone's values, you know what will draw their attention and capture their energy as people tend to value what they need and what they believe in.

Misalignment of values occurs when a member claims a shared value on the surface, but underneath espouses a different goal. Think about a time when someone you knew operated behind the scenes to undermine a team's progress. Some members are more interested in achieving something for themselves than in being a team player.

When your personal values are aligned with your team - and your organisation - you generally tend to feel more satisfied than other people who experience value misalignment, as working relationships are served through the processes of dialogue and cooperation.

However, 100% compatibility may not be possible and it is unrealistic to expect people in teams to function perfectly all the time. Research tells us by bridging gaps in values for example between real team values and ideal team values, teams will operate more effectively.

This course helps teams to examine these elements and unravel your individual workplace values vs. team and company values; how to find common ground, how to become tolerant of other people's values; how to work on yourselves and how to learn from and value your opposites!

This one-day course forms part of our ongoing Top Team coaching programme and exists as a stand-alone course. A shorter half-day workshop is available for corporate team meetings and community groups.

Benefits

• Builds a greater sense of teamwork
• Develops a code of conduct for how your team will organise, motivate and regulate itself
• Forms shared goals that align with the organisation and the individual members
• Creatively bridges value gaps by finding values that members can agree on
• Encourages team members to openly communicate and set parameters for how feedback is given
• Encourages constructive conflict (or constructive debate) and teaches how to deflect hostility between members
• Creates an environment of trust and respect

"Teams attitude has improved. This has improved morale...which has led to a greater focus on delivering to the customers. Customers have commented on how happier the team seems to be...and the quality of their output has improved." (McHale 2008 Anonymous Xenergie Coachee respondent, page 87, Performance and Productivity)

Contact us with your specific enquiry, we will be glad to provide solutions to your needs.