The Path to Winning

What must teams do to become successful?  What do the experts say?

Bill O'Reilly 

"Why do teams win? Basically, winning teams are about people working well together. Successful teams are comprised of people with purpose, vision, and skill. Winning teams are groups of people who are wisely led, motivated to work hard, work together, and persevere to make something meaningful happen."

The Dean of the U. C. Berkeley Haas School of Business Richard Lyons 

The five pillars of a successful team are Trust, Conflict Resolution, Commitment, Accountability and Results.

Building Trust. Trust grows when team members are willing to be vulnerable with each other. ...

Resolving Conflicts. ...

Increasing Commitment. ...

Being Accountable. ...

Achieving Results.

Jeff Jansen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center - Developing World-Class Leaders with Pro Teams, Colleges & HS 

7 "C's" for success..

Character Based

Competent

Committed

Caring

Confidence Builders

Communicators

Consistent

Trevor McLean, founder of Basketball For Coaches

"The single greatest piece of advice I'd give to a new sports coach is to remember that, above all else, youth sports is about enjoyment and developing a love for the sport.

It doesn't matter how many games you win if your kids don't enjoy themselves. Bring enthusiasm to every practice and every game. High-five the kids. Smile. Make jokes. Don't worry about the scoreboard."

NASA study

"The factors have the potential to create cultures of team cohesion, empowerment, trust, and diversity of thought – everything required to deliver on the CEO’s agenda.

These elements are typically found in teams who know each other well. And studies have shown that when that’s the case, teams achieve better outcomes, make fewer mistakes, are more productive and creative, deal with adversity better, and are more resilient."

One of the biggest challenges for a coach is taking a previously unsuccessful team and leading the team to becoming a future winner. Of course, having talent is a big part of coaching success, but talent alone does not lead to success (and, conversely, having limited talent doesn’t necessarily equate to mediocrity). In fact, we regularly see “good teams on paper” fail to live up to expectations, while also witnessing otherwise average to below-average teams in the pre-season go on to have quite successful seasons. One big reason for both of these outcomes occurring is quality of coaching, and more specifically, the efforts made to develop team culture and cohesion.

Team Culture (Dr. Chris Stankovich)

•  Teams with positive culture often enjoy being around and playing with one another, accept team challenges with a sense of togetherness, and pick each other up immediately following losses and other team stressors.
•  Good coaches know that it is just as important to work on the “human side” of team building and not just the X’s and O’s on the field. In that spirit, these coaches will examine various team building strategies designed to foster trust and respect amongst players — some of the ideas I have personally watched coaches use successfully include:
• Additionally, good coaches will take the time to listen to their players by having team meetings where all player comments and suggestions are unconditionally welcomed, with many of the ideas being acted upon. When players feel their voices are being heard, and they feel the relationships they have with coaches and fellow players are genuine, only then will they fully contribute toward the overall positive and harmonious development of team culture.
• Team cohesion actually includes opportunities for team members to speak up when they need to, and talk openly about negative issues impacting the team. 
•  Confrontation can be done successfully if player trust and respect one another, and if they have “bought in” to the team goals at the beginning of the season established through healthy team culture building.healthy team culture,

There are some commonalities with success team success according to the experts.  Relationships, goals, trust (belief) and culture seem to be keys all agree on. 

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