In the Aristotle Google project, he studied more than 180 teams and hundreds of interviews for several years to find a high efficiency formula. The result turned out to be unexpected: not “star employees” decide, but how people interact.
five factors of an effective team
1. Psychological safety - you can ask questions, argue and make mistakes without fear.
high -security teams were 40% more productive, and 61% of the participants admitted that this was this allowed them to offer ideas implemented in work.
2. Reliability - everyone performs the promised on time and efficiently.
3. Structure and clarity - goals, roles and steps are clear to everyone.
4. The meaning of work - tasks are of personal significance, and are not perceived as “just work.”
, employees who see the meaning are 2.8 times more often involved and fading twice as less often (Gallup).
5. The influence of each really changes the result of the team and company.
The main conclusion: even the smartest and most technically strong groups show low results if people are afraid to share ideas. Psychological safety is the foundation on which everything else is built.
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