Common Commitments: Norming & Performing
Let’s mesh.
The Common Commitments series is about getting everyone on your team aligned with best-practice skills that promote high morale, collaboration, accountability, and engagement. Through this collaborative process, your team members gain practical skills and establish shared commitments that support empathy, decision-making, psychological safety, teamwork, respect, attention to results, and more. The outcome is a healthier, high-performing, and respectful team environment.
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
The focus and content of these sessions are customized to your team’s needs, often determined through pre-workshop interviews and a collaborative planning process. Below are some of the components frequently included in these workshops:
Workshop Components
Team and Trust Building
(Note: this is not a “touchy-feely” process involving trust falls or hugging.)Conflict Styles and Resolution
Training on how to discuss, debate, collaborate, compromise, and decide effectively.Psychological Safety
Exploring why it’s critical for team success and how to cultivate it within your group.Behavioral Styles Deep-Dive
Gaining insights into each team member’s unique style, including their reactions, processing methods, and impacts on others, culminating in personalized growth opportunities.Adaptive Skills Development
Focusing on listening, receiving feedback non-defensively, conflict resolution, giving feedback, courageous conversations, and approachability.Effective Meeting Practices
Covering decision-making, supporting decisions post-meeting, facilitation, authenticity, conflict navigation, and more.Collaboration and Accountability Strategies
Enhancing team dynamics to achieve positive results.Group Elasticity
Strengthening the ability to let go, forgive, and move forward as a team.Commitments Against Workplace Negativity
Building strategies to avoid triangulation and negativity, and adopting five healthier approaches to workplace challenges.