www.AnnieVernon.co.uk 5 ways to make a winning team Learn the inside secrets that coaches of elite athletes use for getting teams to work together to obtain the best results. Elite sport is entirely focused on human performance. Getting the most out of people is a tricky subject and it is as much an art as a science – we need the basics to be able to use our skills and our knowledge, but we also need to channel our emotions, nerves, and instincts. 1. What is your team? Have you included everybody, including those in a supporting goal such as the printers or the receptionists? Everyone who has a role to play needs to be considered. 2. What is your goal? What’s the short term, intermediate and long term finish line? 3. What is your expected outcome? What would ‘success’ look like; and would everybody on the team agree? 4. How good are you at managing egos – your own and other people’s? 5. What are the standards expected of your team and how will you interact with each other?