Forbes Coaches Council: Expert insights on creating healthier, more productive workplace cultures

Having a roster of talented individuals doesn’t guarantee team success. Strong personalities and personal goals can clash instead of complementing one another. Leaders must build collaboration and trust by aligning individual ambitions with collective outcomes, transforming skilled contributors into a cohesive, results-driven team.

Dr. Christine Allen contributed to this Forbes article as a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, offering insights on how leaders can transform strong individual contributors into cohesive, results-driven teams.

Dr. Allen’s contribution:

4. Establish Team Norms For High-Value Performance

In order for a group of talented performers to become a high-value-creating team, the team members must collectively develop team norms. These norms must include behaviors that help others on the team succeed and solve problems together and express how to engage stakeholders. Once norms are established, the leader must role model, enforce and reinforce these behaviors.

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