#1 Thing that Derails Growing Teams

When you suppress the team's history and journey, tension between incoming and longer-tenured team members is the only outcome.

History matters.  It needs space to be voiced.

When this vital process is overlooked, here’s what happens.

• Escalating tension between the old and new 

• Conventional thinking reigns: creativity and progress are stalled

• Falling into the same holes due to not understanding the historical context

• Entrenched silos, polarised views

• Productivity vacuum - the work doesn’t get done

• Leaders become referees

• Talent drain, people leave, or they stay demotivated and despondent 

• Morale plummets

• Decision-making stalls, accountability drops

• Conflict and tension rise, blame gathers pace

• People talk about the problems in the corridors, creating deeper rifts

As you read the list above, rate 0 - 10, with 0 representing it is not an issue and 10 representing it is an issue on your team. 

How can you avoid this?

Take a day to honour the journey the team has travelled. To learn about the highs and lows. 

To give space for all voices to share their history and experiences in the team and organisation. 

To connect and create a shared vision for the future. 

Once this is done, you will have a solid platform to create a future vision and plan for moving forward as a unified team so that work gets done together.

We can’t cover everything here.

There are many layers, and each situation is different.

If you want to quickly build cohesion, understanding, and effectiveness in your growing team, a merged team, simply send me a direct message here.