What is the difference between “working in a team” and being part of a “high-performance team”? RESULT!

So often, a measure of teamwork is about how people “feel” about the team they are in, and measure the performance of the team based on the intangible “workplace satisfaction.” The idea that a team will become more productive by merely having team building events like ax-throwing, scavenger hunts, golfing, cooking classes is misled. These types of activities can go a long way to breaking down the social barriers and encourage people to get to know each other; the reality is they are more about building harmony, not performance.

Intrapreneurs are those people in an organization who gravitate towards new ideas and challenges without being asked. They are entrepreneurs who work within a company, but not necessarily within the boundaries of the existing organization. Intrapreneurs can think beyond "how things are done now" with a vision of "how things should be done in the future." Successful companies will give Intrapreneurs the authority to take the lead in transformative changes and projects.

Managing a high-performance team is a combination of individual accountability and team alignment.

As important as it is for a leader to provide strategic direction and set corporate priorities, it is also essential to provide some tools for everyone in the organization to execute with alignment. Here are four simple things to consider when ensuring the tasks that your staff is working on are prioritized correctly