Building a Strong Team

Who is Your Team
• Anyone that serves your customers
• Anyone that serves your common purpose
• Anyone with whom you live

Essentials
1. Trusted leaders
2. Common purpose
3. Embrace conflict
4. Accountable and committed
5. Results focus
6. Diversity

Tool #1: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
• Only five things which keeps it simple
• Leader is responsible for the
foundation
• Pays attention to both the soft and
hard sides of strong teams

The Five Dysfunctions of Team

Values are relative

Seek diversity rather than similarity
Seek Diversity
Source: New Jersey Resources (NJR). www.njresources.com

Tool #2: Strengthsfinder 2.0
• Focus is on using your top 5 strengths.
• Your lifelong behaviors start to make sense.
• Moves you closer to your passions.
• Blend your team using the 34 themes.

Strengthsfinder in Action
Strengthsfinder in Action
ACTIVATOR Just does it. STRATEGIC The planner WOO Wins others over
SUMMARY SUMMARY SUMMARY
Movement oriented. Doesn’t “The Planner”. Macro view. Icebreaker. Energizer bunny.
wait until all lights are green. Visionary. Intuitive. Sees Extroverted. Love comes
Iterative. Thinks while acting. patterns. Anticipates easily. Great host.
GOOD PAIRING: Strategic GOOD PAIRING: Activator GOOD PAIRING: Relator
Shadow: Impatient Shadow: Paralysis Shadow: Long-winded

Tool #3: Persogenics
• Revolutionize your business from
the inside out.
• Four basic communication patterns:
Dominant, Expressive, Analytical,
and Amiable

Case Study: Franklin Building Supply

Where do you start?

Monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey do.
Model the behavior you want to see.

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