Teamship Meter

Teamship

Win­ning teams in sports and in organisation

An organisation may be described as a “team of teams”. The suc­cess of any organisation depends on the suc­cess of each team and the teams’ ability to co-operate and support each other.

A successful team displays “Teamship”. Teamship exists when everyone in the team:

• is capable, i.e. has the adequate skills and knowledge
• is willing to co-operate and tobring out their best as an individual performer and as a team member
• has the freedom to take responsibility and initiative.

This book is about how an organisation can develop and sustain Teamship and create winning teams, real teams – rather than just working groups.

It is Claus Møller's experience that organisations can get a lot of inspiration from the world of sports when it  comes to effec­tive teamwork. Much can be learned from observing all the different games based on teams be it basket­ball, volleyball, hockey, cricket, baseball, rugby, handball or foot­ball (soc­cer).

In this book we have chosen to use foot­ball as a parable.

Benefits from this book

The book provides both inspiration and prac­tical  help for management, team leaders and team members to compose and develop winning teams. The book suggests how company teams can profit from adopt­ing the charac­teristics of winning foot­ball teams.

The book includes 3 tools:

Teamship Meter – A tool to monitor, develop and shape the team culture.

Can/will model – A tool to put together a winning team.

Teamship policy – A tool to shape the Teamship culture in organisations.

The book is for everyone

Team leaders

The team leader can obtain inspiration and specific tools to:

• create a highly performing team
• ensure the right team spirit
• gain respect from the team members
• achieve bet­ter results.

Team members

All employees can find inspiration and help to:

• become a high performer
• understand their own role as a team member
• adopt the attitude: “I play for myself and the team to win”
• take responsibility for the suc­cess and failure of the team
• achieve bet­ter opportunities, influence, career, compensation, rec­ognition, and quality of life.