T4. Create a Team – Coach and Practice
This behaviour develops a leader’s ability to unite individuals around shared purpose, norms, and goals.
Behaviour focus
Helping leaders establish trust, structure, and accountability so that collaboration becomes powerful.
Purpose
To transform a group of individuals into a high-functioning team that achieves more together than apart.
| Action Steps | Key Questions | Practice |
| Define the team’s purpose. | Why does this team exist, and how does it serve the wider mission? | Ask the leader to write a one-sentence team purpose and share it for feedback. |
| Agree on shared goals and norms. | What does effective teamwork look like in action? | Practise facilitating a meeting to co-create three shared norms and two goals. |
| Clarify decision-making. | How will decisions be made and communicated? | Practise explaining the “decision rules” to the team using a current example. |
| Review regularly. | How can you check that the team remains aligned? | Ask the leader to schedule a termly reflection to assess purpose, progress, and culture. |