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Episode 62 – Disaster relief, community engagement and being an asset not a liability with Gaz Breen

Show Notes

Teams need to prioritise creating and maintaining clarity, especially during times of disruption and uncertainty. While purpose and shared goals have held steady in Squadify’s latest Team Tracker data, the importance and presence of more granular aspects like a clear plan and measures of success have dropped, creating a significant clarity gap.
Juliet Hammond joins Dan and Pia to discuss how teams need to focus on defining short-term priorities, experimenting, and reflecting in order to stay aligned and effective in a rapidly changing environment.
Takeaways from Dan and Pia
  • Teams can create a holistic map for their outcomes, by setting a clear purpose and strategy, along with interdependency and prioritisation choices.
  • By creating a shared purpose, organisation can bring their teams together and avoid burdening senior leaders with the responsibility of coordinating everything.
  • Most teams are merely groups of people, rather than coordinated units.
  • Flexibility is important when setting goals, and while clarity is key, goals should be held lightly and be subject to change while still ensuring that everyone knows what they’re working towards.
  • Being overwhelmed by ambiguity and finding it difficult to land on a goal is a natural human reaction. But it’s important to seek clarity by focusing on what is undeniable and to make micro adjustments to avoid sailing down the wrong route for too long.
Meet the guests
Juliet is the Business Analyst for Squadify – her core role is to take the vision of the product from the founders and work with the development team to make it happen. She also leads our research and data analytics activities and is driven to find insights for teams to help them work better together. In her spare time Juliet loves to go for long runs on the beautiful Yorkshire moors.
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