Team agreements

A team… Has shared goals and reasons for working together Has members that are interdependent Has members that are committed to the success of the whole group and the idea of cooperation Is accountable to its members and the larger community

We’ve been having a lot of discussions lately with teams about team agreements and there seem to be two key issues for managers.

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Working agreements can help align a team in terms of expectations. This is the journey of a culturally diverse and distributed team that learned to uncover hidden impediments to create a better working environment for themselves.

Think back to the best team you have ever been on. You know the one:

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The foundation follows an Agile Approach that guides the team through self-organization and through any additional phases. The working disciplines are what forms the Agile team’s working agreement, and it stipulates how the team will interact, plan, and set goals.

Creating psychological safety with their team members is priority #1 for leaders. How? It starts with listening to understand.