Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Hands-On ... - always yours

176 LEADING WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
• Have each person individually write his or her “top three
ingredients for a high-performance team” on a piece of paper.
• Then ask each small group to get a consensus and come up
with their “top three ingredients for a high-performance
team.”
• Have one person report for each group. He or she writes the
answers on a fl ip chart.
• Go around to each group and hear one ingredient from each
team until you have all the key ingredients.
• Look at your list and consolidate any of the ingredients,
where possible. The ideal number should be around seven.
If you have many more, it will be cumbersome for the next
steps.
Team Assessment: Have each group write all the key ingredients
you have on the fl ip chart onto their paper.
• Now have each group assess your whole team on these items.
“Where is the team today, on a scale of 1-10, where 10 is
high?”
• Give the small group 10 minutes to discuss it and come
up with a score on each ingredient you have on the fl ip
chart. The whole team will have to reach a consensus on
each one.
• Pick one ingredient and get each group’s score for it.
• Then ask for more details about why the group selected that
number from both the highest score and lowest score.
• Continue this process for each item. Then get an average of
the small groups’ scores for each key ingredient.
Team Actions:
• As a whole team, look over your list and fi nd where you are
highest and lowest.
• Pick the two highest scores and ask two small groups to
each take one strength and come up with actions to enhance