091. 5 Disciplines of High-Performance Teams with Bernard Desmidt

How do you effectively unlock the power of teams?

Bernard Desmidt is a renowned coach, leadership trainer and facilitator whose expertise is in unlocking the power in teams so that they can access the collective capacity and capability to achieve the greatest things possible. He's also the author of two books: Team Better Together and Inside Out Leadership. 

In this episode, Bernard starts off the discussion how the three African expressions - Sawabona (I see you) Ubuntu (I am because we are), and Hamba Gashle (Go in Peace), have deeply shaped the work he does in helping leaders and teams to become their best selves.

He then takes us through a discussion of three of the six linguistic acts, the first being assessments. We assess ourselves 24/7 based on an unconscious bias - a set of beliefs, assumptions and judgments we have of ourselves and what we think others have of us. Second, are assertions or statements of truth. Third, are declarations, a statement of truth that has a significant orientation to where you are heading. Applying this insight from individuals to teams, where a group of individuals start collectively learning together, collaborating to the point of interdependence, where they realize that the sum of the result is bigger than the sum of the parts.

We then conclude this discussion with the 5 disciplines of High-Performing Teams as shared in his book, Team Better Together:

1. Discipline to discover the mandate
2. Discipline to declare the purpose of the team for why they exist
3. Discipline to design the culture and way of doing things
4. Discipline to deliver the collective goal
5. Discipline to develop responsibility for their own learning, growth and success

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• Website: https://www.bernarddesmidt.com/
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