It’s no doubt a term that you’re familiar with given the current climate and it may sound rather daunting, but ‘psychological safety’ can make a huge difference in your workplace and it contributes greatly to team performance. The key aspect
Employee development is one of the most important investments that you can make in your organisation. Unfortunately, the trend we’ve witnessed over the pandemic is for personal and professional development budgets to be put on ice. Arguably, this is the time when training is more important than ever to maintain both performance and wellbeing.
Like many organisations, Covid-19 hit us like a truck. As a team of coaches and entrepreneurs, we quickly transformed our processes and systems to cope. It soon became clear that in the upside-down world of Covid, there was opportunity.
It’s still the case that many leaders are not trained to lead but instead inherit or are appointed to a leadership role based on time served plus a core set of functional skills. Thankfully, there is a growing realisation amongst more forward-thinking organisations that leaders and teams need to be supported as well as directed.
PCS is the analytical tool which quantifiably measures organisational climate and maps it against leadership practise. It presents an actionable roadmap towards performance improvement via optimising both leadership and the climate it fosters.
In high performing teams, each team member fully understands their own role and responsibilities. They also understand what others do in the team and can take over or cover gaps when necessary…
Post C-19, remote working could become the new normal. But will it suit everyone? PCS Director, Chris Milliner, explores the future of work.
The first question we typically ought to ask ourselves when joining a team is ‘What are we here to do?’. An unclear vision, a lack of goal clarity, or conflicting goals is the most common cause of underperformance in teams.
What is ‘team climate’? To start with, let’s consider a straightforward metaphor. School. Think back to your own time at school. How different were your classes depending on how the teacher of each class set the tone in the room?
Highly likely, the majority of us are working in unusual locations via, until now, infrequently tested communications paths, without being able to interface and relate in the ways we would normally apply.
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Zac’s tech business is growing rapidly. He’s gone from being a developer with a good idea to now overseeing an ever-expanding team. Zac knows that in order for the business to grow successfully, it needs to stay true to its founding values and his staff need to feel valued and engaged. Zac wants to understand if he and his team are on the same page and he needs to do it quickly and cost effectively.
Zac decides to use PCS Lite to get a quick temperature check of how his team are performing and what they think about the business. The PCS Lite report quickly surfaces the fact that his team have lost sight of the organisation’s purpose and goals. Zac realises that he needs to improve his on-boarding processes and help orientate the new team members better in the company culture and vision. 6 months later, Zac uses PCS Lite to check his new onboarding process is working; concludes that the growing team are much better aligned to his vision and are generally operating in a more positive working environment.
It’s Annabel’s job to help the Partners in the firm manage their clients and ensure they’re consistently adding value. Recently, Annabel has been asked by one of the Partners to find a tool or framework that the consultants can use to benchmark new clients looking for team and leadership improvement programmes. It needs to be cost-effective, established and reputable and able to be branded with the firm’s own logo.
Annabel recommends PCS Pro to the Senior Partners as it provides an objective measurement of team and leadership climate against which the consultants can build performance improvement programmes. PCS has a good track record, academic validation, excellent training and customer service, so she’s confident that it’s the right tool for the firm’s consultants to use.
Sarah has to keep across the multiple training and development needs in the organisation and do it within a tight budget. Recently, Sarah’s been asked to design a L&D programme that improves the staff retention rate and helps staff feel more engaged with the changes happening in the organisation, not least the shift to more flexible working.
Sarah uses PCS to measure how different teams across the organisation are performing and look at any patterns which suggest the need for organisation-wide, leader or team training. Sarah notices that all teams and leaders have a low climate score in the Processes segment. Sarah knows that allocating budget in this area will improve performance. She works with the Senior Management Team to review the organisation’s processes as they transition to more flexible working and designs a training programme to support staff in the transition. She’s helped staff to feel supported, acknowledged and engaged which ultimately drives performance.
Jim’s client has a team that’s not performing as well other teams in the organisation. The team has a high staff turnover, sickness and the lack of cohesion is impacting the team’s wellbeing and performance. Jim needs to get to the bottom of why this is happening and design effective coaching interventions which can generate tangible results for his client.
Jim uses PCS Pro to measure / benchmark how the team and leader are performing across the 6 segments critical to team performance – Goals, Roles, Processes, Adaptability, Connection and Resilience. He can immediately see the disparity in Goals, Processes and Connection between the leader’s perception and those of her team. He uses this information to build a coaching programme designed align team and leader. After 6 months, the team seems to be more settled and productive. Jim remeasures using PCS Pro – the results show the client the effectiveness of his coaching intervention.
