Real impact from real companies - how leading organizations in are already transforming leaders and teams with Miki Island.
The Art of Effective
Team Leadership
How great leaders inspire, motivate, and elevate their teams.
🏆The 10 Elements of High Performing Teams
Some people think focusing on team development is a waste of time, but it does make a difference to the bottom line. Research studies have identified 10 key characteristics of high performing teams that each team members should pay attention to in order to ensure group productivity:
Goals
Rules
Interdependence
Implementation
Norms
Leadership
Communication
decision making
structure
cooperation
🔑 Effective Leadership: Adapting to Every Team Stage
Drive lasting team success by aligning leadership with team development stages.
Leading Stage 1 Team
At stage one, you need to be directive and confident:
- Reduce members’ anxiety and fears of rejection
- Focus on creating a psychologically safe environment
- Provide positive feedback
- Facilitate open discussion of goals, values, and tasks
- Help members feel competent and provide guidance
- Set high performance standards
Leading Stage 2 Teams
During stage two, you can start to slowly empowers others within the group to participate more with a focus on facilitating open discussion and resolution of conflicts regarding values, goals, and leadership.
Leading Stage 3 Teams
At stage three, the dynamic will shift towards shared leadership. You should encourage other team members to take more responsibility for the leadership of the group. This is also where you can encourage the group to suggest changes in connection to the structure to facilitate group performance.
Leading Stage 4 Teams
At stage four, you can now fully delegate to team members and become an expert member of the team. You should still continue to monitor the team process, conduct retrospectives and reviews and maintain a high standard of excellence.
📊 SCOPE™: Team Leadership Assessment
Investing in team leadership effectiveness is the fastest way to drive meaningful results.
The Scope™ Team Leader Assessment is designed to measure a team leader’s effectiveness in driving trust, collaboration, and overall team performance.
🌴 How Miki Island Supports Team Development
Tools and workshops designed to build High Performing Leaders and Teams
250,000+ Participants
35+ Countries
20+ Languages
96% Satisfaction Rate
Signature Programs & Assessments
Whether it’s a one-off team offsite, team development journey or leadership development program, Miki Island is focused on unleashing the power of High Performing teams within your organization.
Assessments
90-min Team Booster
High Impact Team Offsite
Team Coaching Journeys
Leadership Programs
💛 Miki Island Love & Success Stories
Strategic Offsite at Siemens
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Agile ways of working at SAP
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Team Effectivenesss for a Leadership Team
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500 IBMers and one island for a virtual offsite.
Explore how IBM brought together 500 employees in a virtual offsite powered by Miki Island to build connection and collaboration.
The Highlight of the offsite
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High Performing Legal Team
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