Building a Winning Team Culture
Sheri (Holmes) Ellis
Benefits Technology Leader | Implementations and Conversion Expert | Driving Transformation Through Collaboration | Solving Complex Problems
It is my opinion that one of the most important jobs of a leader is building team culture. One of the reasons I love the Atlanta Braves so much is that you can tell how much the team loves being together. Alex Anthopoulos and Brian Snitker recognize that a winning team is more than one (or two) star player(s). Teams can't have winning seasons on the back of a single player; the same is true in business. They relied on their coaches to build the best as true leaders do.
Among the compliments I’ve received following my announcement, two of my favorites were 1) that my servant leadership was appreciated, and 2) that I built a ‘fiercely loyal team’.?The creation of this 'fiercely loyal team' was no accident. I'm going out on a limb and saying it was because of my leadership.
During my time leading Professional Services (later renamed Partner Solutions) at Alegeus, I had between four and six individual teams at a time. Although we had small pods, or teams; it was important to me that all 25ish of us served as one team. Each team may have had different projects; but we shared one mission. Here are some of the practices I put in place to create a winning team culture.
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