Like most teams, you have probably experienced significant change over the past few months. The best laid plans fall victim to life’s unexpected circumstances. A top performer gets lured to a competitor. A previously reliable supplier goes out of business. The home office decides to restructure the organizational chart. Sure, naming the struggle is simple. Charting a course to cope with the changes is a common strategy exercise. Adapting effectively, however, requires relentless follow-through.
Accountability is more manageable when you view the evolution of a team as a cycle. From this perspective, following through on a task is not a burden to be endured. Rather, it is the fuel that propels the engine of your team’s growth. As members of the team, we each share responsibility in advancing the momentum of the group in whatever way our talent best dictates.
Teams grow continuously. Sometimes, the change is so fast we can barely keep pace. Other times, the transformation is so slow that it goes unnoticed. Either way, there’s always a next step to take.
