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Attributes and characteristics of high-performing teams are essential to achieve outstanding results for customers. The Three E framework is an effective way to measure a team's effectiveness, efficiency, and engagement. By balancing and managing these three elements, teams can sustainably and indefinitely deliver exceptional results.

The key to unlocking your team's full potential? Balancing the 3 Es - Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Engagement. While many organizations focus solely on efficiency, measuring and optimizing for results, this approach can lead to limited long-term value. By inspecting and balancing the 3 Es, leaders can enable cross-functional teams to achieve their full potential indefinitely. Don't limit your team's success - prioritize effectiveness and engagement alongside efficiency.

As a leader, creating a culture of effectiveness, efficiency, and engagement is key to building a high-performing team. The secret lies in measuring, sharing, and continuously improving your 3E metrics. Remember, you get what you measure.

  Teams that are underperforming are likely not balancing their Three Es. Leaders and teams who focus on only one or two of the Es run the risk of burnout, waste, or low ROI. In order to sustainably achieve results, improve efficiency, and grow team members, it's essential to balance all three Es. What are the Three Es? Effectiveness, Efficiency and Engagement. Effectiveness means results. Teams that are effective consistently achieve their outcomes and objectives. Efficiency means continuous improvement. Teams that are efficient are relentless about improving their work product AND the way they work together. Engaged means aligned and people focused. Teams who are engaged have team members who feel valued, are curious and continuously learning more about their customer, their work and each other. By understanding, measuring and sharing all three Es, leaders and teams can achieve sustainable success and growth. So, take a step back and evaluate how your team is balancing the Three...

High performing teams are not just about getting results, they're also about investing in themselves. Learning about each other, their customers/users, and the work that everyone does to bring shared success. Measuring results and efficiency is easy. Measuring the team's engagement is harder, but oh-so worth it. Balancing the Three Es - Engagement, Efficiency, and Effectiveness - is key to achieving high performance. Remember, you get what you measure, so measure the Three Es and help your teams be high performing!

We throw the word “agile” around a lot.  I thought it might be a good idea to get back to the basics, so we can move forward with a shared understanding on it really means. Let’s start with the word agile.   (Can we all agree that dictonary.com is a good source of pure definition?   Good!) agile [ aj-uhl, -ahyl ] adjective ·    Quick and well-coordinated in movement ·    Active; lively ·    Marked by an ability to think quickly, mentally acute or aware ·    Noting or relating to a philosophy of product development and production intended to create and distribute batches of working products in a short period of time with subsequent batches planned in a cyclical schedule of improvement, production, and distribution noun ·    Sometimes Agile - an iterative and collaborative philosophy of rapid product development and production Ok.   That’s a great place to start because it reinforces something reall...

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