Communication is a critical factor in any team, it’s the difference between a high performance team and ordinary or even bad team. But communication is something that is really hard for most of us, we are filled with emotions that can get in the way of the communications between members; We do not listen to what others have to say, afraid of sharing our insights, or start to be aggressive because we feel threatened. Most of us are not trained in communication skills beyond social context, and we learn quickly to not stand out or say something offensive in a group, but at work we must share our thoughts and ideas and we need to have an opinion which is built upon our experience and knowledge.
A team should share ideas, build on each others ideas, help each other when someone is in trouble and be inspired by each other. There seems to be a special energy when a team communicates well, a lot of new thought processes starts simultaneously, creates new insights and ideas. The group’s collective knowledge starting to grow larger than the collected individual knowledge. They learn to depend on each other and help each other.
A team can journey from low to high performance if they learn how to communicate with each other, learn how to listen observe and reflect. With a help of a good coach the team can see the potential in themselves. A good coach can get the team to share ideas and thoughts with each other freely. A coach can help building up the trust between team members and get them to depend on each other.
A good coach helps people to communicate and gives the team new perspective when needed.