Chapter 16

Discussion

This chapter is about high performance teams and what goes into them. I just want to focus on Empowerment, Knowledge Sharing, and Job Satisfaction. I want to focus on these three, because I think that they are the most important pieces to a high performance organization. Empowerment is the idea of giving more power to the individual instead of the manager micromanaging everybody and not allowing for individual growth or input. This will help create a high performance organization by the employee working harder because they are not micromanaged. It will also help the individual to be able to give more input. This knowledge sharing needs to be happening at all levels. With the empowerment and knowledge sharing going on the job satisfaction will go up and these are three main peices to a high performing organization.

Key points

Do you think that these ideas should be put into the mission statement of the company?

Questions

Have you ever been part of a high performing company? How did it feel being part of something that great? What do you think was the most important aspect to make it a high performance team?