Winning Teams 

Sykes Fairbairn works with teams to help them build the fundamentals of high performance team-working and the ‘spirit’ that will enable them to perform more consistently towards their potential, whatever the circumstances.

What are winning teams?

• At Winning Teams can suffer and survive. Winning when there is no opposition is easy. Winning when assailed by competition, bureaucracy, pessimism tiredness and doubt is hard.

• At Sykes Fairbairn we know that building the spirit of the team is essential if you are to overcome the challenges that the competitive market throws at you.

• We help teams to develop the fundamentals of effective high performance team-working such as shared understanding of purpose, common goals, clarity over roles and responsibilities, trust and mutual support, team processes, great communication and the ability to learn together.

• Once the fundamentals are in place we believe that it is ‘spirit’ that differentiates high performance teams from winning teams.  Spirit provides resilience and a desire to work for and with each other.

What do we do to develop winning teams?

• We work to understand the unique climate created by team leaders and members

• We help teams to set realistic and challenging objectives

• We enable effective team communications

• We help teams to empower themselves

• We identify and help teams to remove causes of 'performance interference'

• We help teams to understand and leverage their diversity

• We help teams to have highly effective meetings

• We help teams to develop a performance agenda

How do we do it?

• Our approach is grounded in theory but we deliver a highly pragmatic action-learning approach.

• We use simple models that enable teams to grasp the issues relevant to their unique set of circumstances and adopt clear and simple tools to improve their performance.

• We use experiential techniques to create powerful high impact learning environments.

• We apply a range of market-leading team and individual profiling tools to understand the dynamics of individual behavioural preferences and team climate

• We facilitate inclusive but ‘no-nonsense’ discussions about performance that lead to real commitment to change.

• We see the changes through by providing performance review and coaching.

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