Aim
To help participants develop the attitudes and behaviours of an ideal team player by exploring Patrick Lencioni’s model of being Humble, Hungry, and Smart. Participants will increase their self-awareness, strengthen their contribution to the team, and develop practical strategies for becoming more collaborative, accountable, and effective in the workplace.
Details
Duration: Half day or Full day
Availability: Phuket, Bangkok, Singapore, Malaysia. In fact, anywhere you want.
Participants Will Learn To:
- Understand Patrick Lencioni’s The Ideal Team Player model and its application in the workplace
- Recognise the importance of being humble, hungry, and people smart in high-performing teams
- Assess their own strengths and development opportunities against the three characteristics
- Demonstrate humility by valuing others’ contributions and putting team success before personal recognition
- Develop a proactive mindset by taking initiative and showing personal accountability
- Build stronger interpersonal relationships through greater emotional intelligence and empathy
- Improve communication by adapting to the needs and perspectives of others
- Increase collaboration by contributing positively to team discussions and decision-making
- Recognise behaviours that strengthen or weaken team effectiveness
- Build trust through authenticity, reliability, and mutual respect
- Give and receive feedback in ways that encourage personal and team growth
- Strengthen accountability by taking ownership of commitments and outcomes
- Identify practical ways to contribute more effectively to the team’s success
- Develop a personal action plan to become a more valuable and effective team player.
Workshop Overview
Patrick Lencioni, founder of The Table Group, is a well-known management consultant and author of multiple books on organisational health including “The Ideal Team Player”, published in 2016. In this book, Lencioni suggests that the ideal team player posesses three fundamental traits.
- Humble
- Hungry
- Smart
Humble: The ideal team player is humble. They care more about the team’s success than getting credit or recognition for their own contributions. There’s no big ego and no inflated desire for status. These team players are keen to learn, happy to receive feedback, and have no problem asking for help.
Hungry: The ideal team player is hungry. These individuals have the desire to work hard and help the team succeed. They have high levels of motivation, are self-managing, and committed to the group’s goals. They always want to give more and will often step up to fill in gaps where necessary. They rarely have to be pushed.
Smart: The ideal team player is smart. These team members just seem to “get it”. They have common sense and an innate understanding of others. They understand how their actions and words can affect team dynamics and possess good judgement about how best to work effectively with others in their team. They function smoothly within a team and are wise enough not to make unnecessary waves.
These three traits are all required so when one of them is missing or underdeveloped, team collaboration can be adversely affected. For example, a team member who is humble and hungry but not smart may perform well technically in their role but if they frequently upset others with disparaging remarks, teamwork will become significantly more difficult. Colleagues will try to avoid working with them. Not what you want for collaboration.
This workshop is built upon an individual assessment to reveal how each team member reflects the fundamental traits. Strengths will be acknowledged and any weak areas will be highlighted. For each trait, we’ll look at ways in which individuals can self-develop.
Rather than attempting to change personalities, the workshop focuses on developing everyday behaviours that build trust, encourage accountability, and improve collaboration. By the end of the session, participants will have a deeper understanding of what it means to be an ideal team player and a practical action plan for applying these principles to create a stronger, more cohesive, and higher-performing team.
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