038 Strengths Focused Teams

Good teamworking, as with so many things, is easily stated and claimed, but not always so easily evidenced. Bringing people together under the name of a specific 'team' doesn't necessarily mean that they function as a true team. From a strengths perspective, Steve Morgan offers a taxonomy of strengths focused teams... looking at three different levels in relation to the degree of strengths thinking and working that are incorporated into routine teamworking. He further develops the analysis of teamworking through outlining six principles of strengths-based teams... adapted from the original strengths principles focused on how we work with service users or clients. It is recognised that in any given team there will be individuals who function at different levels in relation to strengths-based principles and practice; however, the extensive Gallup organisation research invites us to improve our overall effectiveness and value by focusing more in a strengths way of working.