Team Accelerators: The Seven Force Multipliers of High-Performance Teams.

Organizations today put a premium on teamwork. Why? Horsepower. That’s why teams are the new normal in the digital distance economy. But not all teams are high-performance teams. For example, four Clydesdale horses on a team of horses fuel more horsepower than four men could. Hitching horses to a wagon or sleigh and harnessing their combined efforts lighten the burden and increase the workflow from one to several. There is a difference between adding horsepower and generating force-power.

Horsepower measures a horse’s power in pulling (the rate at which work is done). As you add more horses, you increase the capacity of fulfilling the work. Add one horse and accomplish the workload of one Clydesdale more.

Force-power is exponential energy that is generated by a force-multiplier. Force-multipliers are tools, elements, or a combination of factors that dramatically increase the effectiveness of a component or group in such a way that it supersizes the outcomes and accomplish greater output. Using the horse analogy, a force multiplier is a team of four generating the results of sixteen.

Like horses, teams of people can be supercharged, too. They can have force-power in their mix along with the standard specs such as skill level, technical ability, and experience. These Team Accelerators™ can unlock force-power that transforms a team of four to produce the outcomes and outputs of sixteen. The best companies know that force-multipliers help them compete, innovate, scale and seize opportunities.