Common Barriers to the Successful Functioning of High-Performing Teams
February 12, 2025
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If proper procedures are the foundation of a high-performance team, then clear and open communication is the roof.
Clear and honest communication between the team members and the management is the backbone for the survival of a high-performance team. It acts as a glue that binds all the team members together.
Effective communication helps in building a favourable environment for work and boosts the productivity of the employees for delivering their best. For the communication to be effective, one should be aware of own communication style and others as well and adapt to the different communication styles of others. The focus should be on the ultimate outcomes or the results and not on the individual interests or preferences.
High-Performance teams pay a lot of importance to the selection of the communication channel and focus on what is supposed to be communicated. According to Hayes (1997), communication is the most critical factor for establishing cohesive teams.
Research results prove that the team leaders dedicate around 50% to 70% of their time on deciding the communication framework and methodologies for disseminating the information to the team members and motivating them.
According to Hardingham and Royal (1994), the quality of communication serves as the litmus test for determining the team health. In their opinion, communication generally should be interactive involving the active participation of each team member in sharing ideas, giving recommendations, exchanging feedback and lending fresh perspectives on various issues.
Every member of the team should be having access to the same information irrespective of the level or the status of the member of the team.
Following steps can be followed for strengthening communication amongst the members of the high-performance teams:
The focus of such discussions is on achieving continuous improvement at work. For dispersed teams, such meetings are held virtually by way of video-conferencing or teleconferencing over a pre-scheduled time.
Energy implies the magnitude of both formal as well as informal communication which takes place between the team members. Higher the magnitude, higher will be the energy level.
Engagement is directly proportional with energy, which can be explained as higher the energy level, higher will be the team engagement and higher the performance. Partially engaged teams can never deliver high-performance outcomes.
A high-performance team can achieve high energy levels, high team engagement and high level of exploration by following the below principles of communication:
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