Co-create your team charter

We have all been part of a team at some point in our lives, but not everyone has been fortunate enough to be part of a high performing team. While your team may be made up of highly skilled people, that does not guarantee success. To build a high performing team, you need time to build trust. A focus on aligning on clear goals, roles, responsibilities and team habits is a good start. Creating a team charter with your team can help with that.

Align your team through co-creation of a team charter

Every team manager knows trust doesn’t come out of the blue. Trust grows out of striving for the same goal, setting common expectations, clearly defining everyone’s role and finally, of course, keeping the agreements made. Logical one would think, and yet these crucial conditions often remain undiscussed or invisible and many teams work according to habits that have not been clearly agreed upon.

“A team is more than a group of people working together. A team is a group of people who trust each other.” (Simon Sinek, author)

Changing team habits

Changing these fixed and unspoken habits is not an easy task, but it is possible, provided it is tackled consciously. And that’s what high-performing teams do.

As a manager, it is crucial not to come up with the answers yourself or impose team principles, but to create space for dialogue and facilitate the process. You can of course suggest elements, but make sure that your team members are listened to…