Bring Your Best Self

I previously wrote about how OpenView helped facilitate a session on team execution with one of our management teams. As part of a venture capital investment from OpenView, this type of operational support is something we sometimes do.

One of the six key concepts I mentioned was bringing your best self. This is a concept spoken about at length in Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a team and what the Winning Minds group key in on when facilitating their sessions (utilizing TAIS).

Bringing your best self is essentially referring to your ability to self manage and do the best when performing under pressure either on a team or as an individual. There are many aspects to how we perform under pressure as individuals or on a team. Much of this has to do with the following:

Attention/concentration style: Are we more prone to analyze, focus, or be broad and aware of our surroundings? How does being pre-disposed to one style affect how we perform when a situation calls for another?
Cognitive Bandwidth: How good are we at multi-tasking and making decisions?
Confidence: How confident or over confident are we? Do we question ourselves enough (or do we question ourselves too much)?
Drive: How much are we focused on being the best and beating out our competition?
Emotions: How do we express ourselves (support vs. anger) and do we express ourselves enough?
Personal Commitment: How willing are we to sacrifice all to get things done?

Personally examining ourselves in some of these areas helps focus in on what we can do to better ourselves and elevate our game to the next level. If any of this appeals to you, I suggest checking out the Winning Minds group or reading Lencioni’s book.

KKF