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State of Teams – A Blog Post Series 2 of 5

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    State of Teams – A Blog Post Series 2 of 5

    By exexp | Building Camaraderie & Trust, Professional Development, relationship building, State of Teams, Team Building, Team Development, Team Success, Understanding Communication Styles | Comments are Closed | 22 April, 2021 | 0

    A look at the dynamic nature of teams in today’s workplace based on insights from over 20,000 employees.

    Individuals suffer from a critical teamwork skill gap in the workforce.

    graphic 99% of people agree "I am a good team member"Despite the pressing need for highly effective and productive teams, many individuals are either unaware or unable to consistently practice the behaviors that will ensure team success. This is primarily because employees see teamwork as something that comes naturally to them and as learned only through personal experiences on teams. In other words, they don’t view teamwork as something they need to learn, especially when 99% of respondents consider themselves “good” and “effective” team members.

    Yet this optimism is belied by our historical The Five Behaviors® assessment data—compiled over 2019 from more than 13,000 participants in The Five Behaviors program—which paint a much bleaker picture. Looking at team performance through the lens of Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, we see considerable room for improvement across several crucial behaviors.

    The Reality of Teamwork

    no trust

    No trust with team members: Nearly 4 in 5 people report that their team members are typically not willing to acknowledge their weaknesses to one another, which highlights the pervasive lack of vulnerability-based trust throughout the workplace.

    no commitment

    No commitment to decisions: More than half of teams usually leave meetings without everyone committing to agreed-upon decisions. That means employees will likely struggle to find meaning or motivation in their work, and the team’s results will suffer.

    no accountability

    No accountability for poor results: When a team fails to achieve its collective goals, roughly 3 in 5 people report that their team members often refuse to take personal responsibility to improve their team’s performance in the future. An unwillingness to examine errors and the opportunity for improvement—or, worse, blaming coworkers for problems—is a recipe for mediocre team performance.

    This post is content republished from The Five Behaviors white paper, State of Teams, Insights into the Dynamic Nature of Teams in the Workplace. Excelerant is an Authorized Partner of The Five Behaviors, A Wiley Brand.


    1 DiazGranados, Deborah, Marissa L. Shuffler, Jesse A. Wingate, and Eduardo Salas. 2017. “Team Development Interventions” in The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Team Working and Collaborative Processes. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

    2 Respondents were asked a range of questions aimed at understanding their involvement on teams and engagements with team members. This included questions about the characteristics of teams they’re on, ineffective teamwork and its consequences, and the frequency and importance of various team behaviors.

    3 Based primarily in the United States.

    The State of Teams full post series is post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4 and post 5.

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