During an impactful training to enhance team dynamics, the Great Teams workshop brought together Soldiers, commanders and Army Civilians from the 549th Hospital Center at Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital at Camp Humphreys, Korea. Master Resilience Trainer – Performance Experts Doug Crowell and Marty Raymond from the Ready and Resilient Performance Center at Camp Humphreys worked with the hospital center personnel to foster discussions for their organization and to strengthen their collaborative efforts.
Great Teams is a culture-development program that brings together selected Soldiers and leaders from across a unit. The program engages participants in a series of exercises and discussions, such as role-playing scenarios, group problem-solving tasks and open forums, to solidify or redefine the unit’s shared vision, values, philosophy and standards. By identifying strategies for creating trust, generating buy-in and empowering peer-to-peer accountability, leaders leave with actionable items to build well-led, cohesive teams committed to the Army professional ethic.
The collaborative process allows all team members to contribute to a shared vision of who they want to be as a group, helping them to overcome common leadership challenges and to create a healthier unit environment.
Participants from the 549th Hospital Center identified the values that were important to the success of their team, such as communication, accountability, respect, effectiveness and synergy (the merging of efforts), and how these values align with their commander’s intent. The workshop concluded with descriptions for each value that included behavioral indicators, and the workshop’s format paved the way for teams to take ownership of their workplace culture.
The trainers said the most important takeaway from the workshop was the opportunity to have leaders, Soldiers and Army Civilians in the same room engage in open dialogue about their shared values and how those values are paramount for creating an effective organization.
“The participants identified actionable behaviors and acknowledged that actions are the fuel that drives the engine,” Crowell said.
Healthy, connected teams create trust within units, and trust allows Soldiers to feel safe to give and seek support.
“Their commander emphasized the importance of psychological safety throughout this process.”
“A great team is able to participate in an open and collaborative dialogue about its shared vision or goal,” Raymond said.
“Team members hold each other accountable for actions that are not progressing the team toward that shared goal. A great team supports constructive feedback while minimizing personality conflict.”
Reach out to your nearest R2 Performance Center to schedule training to improve your team’s cohesion.
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