Engagement is not just about a fun workplace with ping pong tables, free food, and cool workspaces.

People are most interested in opportunities to learn and grow with a leader who cares about them as people.

They want interesting work that makes a difference in the world and aligns with their sense of purpose.

They also want the opportunity to advance as they develop. This is where the performance leader takes centre stage.

They are the ones that tick these boxes and create an awesome team climate. People work for teams, real teams.

Best leaders create local climates that cultivate high performance, engagement, psychological safety, trust, and accountable freedom.

It's a place where strengths are identified and where there is a clarity of expectations.

If leaders know what ‘good’ looks like and they can coach people to get those behaviours to show up, they can consistently lead teams to high performance.

However, efforts to improve performance start with the individual, and you can always find pockets of high performers in a poorly performing team.

You must always align performance development approaches with the team climate. If our teams are not performing, we, the leaders, need to take a closer look at ourselves.

Teams don't outperform their leaders – they reflect them. They are a shadow of your leadership.

Creating the Right Team Climate

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