From the course: Building High-Performance Teams
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Creating the right mix of skills
From the course: Building High-Performance Teams
Creating the right mix of skills
- As the leader of a high-performing team, you're personally responsible for making sure your team has the required set of skills to succeed and execute against all the initiatives that you have on your prioritization list. You need to evaluate your team's mission. You need to look at the key initiatives. And then, you need to map out the skills and capabilities required to succeed. You have to assess your existing team and see which skills you have, which ones you don't, and which team members might be detractors from what you're trying to achieve. You also have to think about and understand your team's culture, which is driven by the vision of what you're trying to achieve, as well as the broader organizational culture and figure out do you team members fit within that culture? We've all seen people who are great performers and can get the task done, but they don't work well with the other members of the team. Your job as a leader is to either help them fit in, or find resources who…
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