Team Performance in Changing Environments

The Challenge

How can we support teams in adapting to changing needs of clients and stakeholders in a complex and volatile context, and at the same time address individual needs for more autonomy, flexibility, purpose and empowerment?

Agile at the UN aims to adapt our ways of working to ever changing constraints and needs. It helps teams choose the best way to work and deliver in an autonomous and adaptive way. Team performance is approached through an introduction to different Agile ideas and tools, drawing linkages with the organizational context, and giving teams a choice about what works for them.

The Solution

Agile Team Performance — Team Performance in Changing Environments

Four workshops have been developed to help teams become more adaptive, resilient, able to face challenges, foster psychological safety and create conditions in which individuals can thrive: Agile Mindset (principles and values), Priority Setting and Reduction, Team Connection Points & Huddles, and Iterations & Retrospectives. These are grounded in Modern Agile principles: make people awesome, make safety a prerequisite, experiment & learn rapidly, and deliver value continuously.

Impact & Results

Team members and leaders consider the concepts and tools relevant to them and their work. Teams report enhanced information sharing, increased psychological safety, and thinking about new ways of solving problems.

Skills & Tools