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192: How to Create Team Guidelines, with Susan Gerke

Creating operating guidelines is foundational work for a team.
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Susan Gerke: GO Team Resources

Susan Gerke has been the president of Gerke Consulting & Development. She has worked with global teams and has certified facilitators around the world to deliver management, leadership, and team offerings. Susan is co-creator of GO Team, a training suite for organizations to power team performance.

Key Points

  • Don’t create guidelines yourself and give them to the team.
  • A starting point for how to create team guidelines is what did not work well on a previous team.
  • The interpersonal dynamics that emerge are more critical than the guidelines themselves.
  • Aim to create no more than 8 guidelines.
  • Disagreement is the sign of a healthy team.
  • Continue to revisit guidelines in future meetings and milestones (new members join, change of team composition or purpose)

Resources Mentioned

  • GO Team Resources

Related Episodes

  • The Four Unique Types of Teams, with Susan Gerke (episode 138)
  • How Great Teams Find Purpose, with David Burkus (episode 481)
  • How to Engage Remote Teams, with Tsedal Neeley (episode 537)
  • How Top Leaders Influence Great Teamwork, with Scott Keller (episode 585)
  • How to Help Team Members Find the Right Work, with Patrick Lencioni (episode 610)

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