We'll start by defining that word team. My favorite definition of a team is a really simple one. It's from a book called The wisdom of teams BY JOHN katzenback and Douglas Smith. And it's a definition that's been around for a while, but I think it describes really effectively whatever team needs to have in place, no matter how Junior they are, or senior they are, or whether they're a small agile startup team, or a team in a big corporate entity. Their definition of a team is this. A team is a small group of people with complementary skills, who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals and approach for which they are mutually accountable.

And katzenback and Smith build on that definition when they describe a high performing team. In a high performing team, everyone in the team meets all those conditions I just described, but it's also committed To deeply committed to one another's personal growth and success. So you might see say your team meets all of those conditions, some of them or none of them. So in the rest of this class, I'm going to help you to get really crystal clear on what all of this means for you and your team. And I'm going to share some very simple practical exercises and ideas to help you to build your own high performing team.