When we come to the topic of achieving a higher performance of our organisation, we have to remind that, together with achieving growth, are not only individual but deeply linked to the group in which we operate and amplified by sharing and socialisation.
In today’s world of complexity, uncertainty and constant change, one area we still have control over is pace, be it ours or that of our people.
Like in running a marathon, setting the right pace is fundamental to succeed: a very complex but definitely insightful question to consider is the one in order to identify who, among all of the people we are managing, defines the speed of the whole group.
To analyse this area, focus on the following elements.
Learn from the others
What are practices or examples that you can learn from or aspire to? Knowing your aspiration helps in setting the pace based on the conditions and the human capital you have available.
Look for the fore runner
Once you have found the reason for running, will be easier to understand who will set the pace and make things happen. And reasonably will not be always the same one but canalso vary from time to time, being linked to the specific activity of the moment.
Define the speed of each person
The speed of the pace that will be set needs to be determined by the speed of each individual with a specific unique stretch that can be easily achieved.
Go too fast and people will be lost (which you cannot afford), go too slow and you will not be able to achieve your aspiration. Who are the people on the team who can continue to advance and who tend to fall behind?
Results are function of the team, not of the individual
Another important issue is the awareness of how our group has influenced the results. Asking ourselves what had the greatest impact on projects, clients, colleagues, team culture is fundamental to make the work clear that you as an organisation do.
Never assume that it is enough to complete a task to have it recognised by the people who work with you. Once you have defined the impact you have had, ask yourself together with your team what work you did best so that this can become part of your “values” and “history” inside the team. Are there elements of that project that can be isolated and replicated in future projects?
