[00:00:00] Pia: Average teams tend to work hard, but they're more reactive, more transactional and execution is often done by individuals, not the team. High performing teams deliver the most important things consistently, and they deliver together. There's a secret to doing this that will let you into in this Connect. I'm Pia.

[00:00:21] Dan: And I'm Dan, and this is Squadify Connects. Teams have to do loads of things and they're complex, but if they don't deliver, there's no point in having them. So this, the final connect in our made series is on of the five series of high performing teams, looks at what the best teams do to get things done.

[00:00:40] Pia: The secret source is agile. This means many things, but in terms of execution, we mean getting clear on the overall goal and then putting small sets of actions. Into time boxes, say a week, and we call these sprints. These actions are all visible to everyone on the team who moves them to done when complete.

[00:01:04] At the end of the sprint, the team reviews how things went so they can learn to do it better next time. Next time happens immediately as the team plans the next sprint. That's the secret source explained in less than a minute, and you really can get started immediately. The resources in the show notes to help you.

[00:01:25] Dan: here are a couple of success stories that we've seen of teams who've adopted this approach to transform themselves into high performing teams. First, a Startup team that was under pressure to rapidly deliver a new software product adopted an agile execution approach. Teamwork ratings improved by 13%, and the team alignment went up 65%. They started to deliver on time and built a solution that could possibly transform the market they operate in.

[00:01:52] A second success story is that of a senior account manager in a top 10 IT company who use this approach to enroll a disengaged cross-functional team that have been failing to deliver for their client.

[00:02:03] Pia: Squadify data shows that most teams on average are delivering on the key elements of agile. They sh show strength in customer responsiveness and regular check-ins on progress, but they fall down particularly on processes to run the squad and effective squad execution. To genuinely be high performing and set yourself apart, stick with execution disciplines like sprints, standups, kanbans, and retros.

[00:02:32] Other teams have some positive agile attributes, but lack the ability to execute as a team, leaving it then to individuals.

[00:02:41] Dan: This is where you can focus to become high performing. Use the resources in the show notes to make a start or get in touch with us to get some support.

[00:02:49] Pia: This is the last in the miniseries of the Five Secrets to High Performing Teams. We hope that you've enjoyed it and we hope that we can do more together to inspire humans to be extraordinary together. We've put some ideas for next steps in the show notes. Just get in touch if you want to talk anything through.

[00:03:09] Not everyone gets the power of teams, so welcome to our growing band of team Whisperers.