Core Values of a Winning Team - Cedrick LaFleur

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Introduction
Today I want to share with you the Core Values of a Winning Team.  In order to win as a team, everyone needs to be on the same page.  Everyone needs to share some of the same core values, now that doesn’t mean everyone will think the exact same.  However it does mean that everyone will share some of the same core values. 

Show Objectives
The rule of 5 teaches us the essentials of success:

1. You must know what you want to accomplish. 
2. You have to have the right tools.
3. You have to focus.
4. You have to be consistent
5. Stay with the task until the goal is accomplished. 

Key Issue:
If teams don’t share the same core values, it can cause team strife.  

The Law of High Morale – “When you’re winning, nothing hurts!” 
The Law of Low Morale - When you are losing everything hurts!

What You Need to Do
Teams don’t win by accident!
If you win, you do it on purpose. 

Core Values of Winning Teams

Core Value #1 – A __commitment__ that inspires results.

1. A Commitment to a __common __ ____vision__.
The team “buys into” the vision, when they:
a. ____understand____ it.
b. ____contribute___ to it.
c. __own_____ it.
d. ___pass__ it on.

2. A Commitment to ___Loyalty__
Loyalty must be earned but not fought for.
Blind loyalty leads to ___defeat____.


Core Value #2 – A ___contribution____ that makes a difference.

“When you’re interested in something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” –Ken Blanchard

Core Value #3 – A _compentency____ level that raises the standards.
Winning teams have competent players.

Contribution deals with ___our effort______.

Competency deals with ___our ability_____.

The weak link (player) affects the team three ways:
a. Loss of __opportunity__.
b. Loss of __morale__.
c. Loss of __productivity__.

Core Value #4 --___Communication___ that increases the effectiveness of the team.
“If one had to name a single – all purpose instrument of leadership, it would be communication.” –John W. Gardner

Five areas of communications that help your team operate at their maximum potential:

1. Communication that is ___candid____.

2. Communication that is __direct_____.

3. Communication that is ___rapid____.

4. Communication that is _inclusive______.

5. Communication that is __consistent___.

Core Value #5 - __Cooperation___ that creates harmony on the team.
“All your strength is in union. All your danger is in discord.” –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1. Cooperation requires __trust___.
2. Cooperation requires __respect____.
3. Cooperation requires an _other___ - ___oriented__ point of view.

Core Value #6 – A __chemistry__ that enhances personal connection.

• Good rule of thumb: Close with a few
• Cordial or Casual friends with all
• Conflict with none

Core Value # 7 – A _creativity__ that enlarges the team’s potential.

“Creativity is to see what everybody else has seen & to think what nobody else has thought.” –Albert
Szent-Gyorgyi

4 I’s Are Greater Than 2 Eyes (Thinking for a Living by Joey Ryman)
1. __Investigation___
2. __Incubation_____
3. __Illumination____
4. __Illustration_____

Core Value # 8 – A system of ___conflict___ ___management___ that reduces stress & tension rapidly.

Eight basic keys to conflict resolution (RoadMap):
1. Speak the truth in love
2. Seek to understand the other’s point of view
3. Seek common ground
4. Make expectations clear
5. Stay focused on the issue at hand
6. Maintain direct communication, no third parties.
7. Listen and don’t respond defensively
8. Make a commitment to the organization’s best interest.
A receptivity toward change that stimulates growth.
Growth equals change. If the sta and company are growing, change, like conflict, is inevitable.


Core Value # 9 – A __cohesive__ team that is responsive to __change____


Core Value # 10 – Winning teams have a sense of __community____.
There’s a big difference between _unity____ and community.

• Unity is fantasy land.  You get a group of people in the room, you will not have total unity. 
  • If you think that, you are smoking something. 
  • Not gonna have everybody agreeing on everything.
• Community says, although we don’t agree, we are still on the same team.
  • We value one another and respect one another to allow the best idea we share in common.  
  • To allow the best thought be the thought we share in common.
  • To allow the best action that we express in common. 
  • And because of that, it allows them to come together in common. 
  • If you ask for unity, you will come together but never do anything. 
  • If you ask for community, you will come together and understand the big picture be able to do something with it. 
  • Community allows you to take action.
  • Unity just allows you to have a meeting. 

NEXT STEP:

1. Look at these 10 core values and ask yourself if it is a YES or NO on these values. 
2. Then do the same thing with your team.  YES or NO

These 10 Core Values will either make you or break you.  So hope you will score high.


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Written by: Cedrick LaFleur, LaFleur Leadership Institute
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