Management | How to build a high performing leadership team

A team that can collaborate and works cohesively together can have huge benefits for a business, and research has shown that employers are keen to foster these teams.

Queens University of Charlotte previously revealed that around 75% of employers rate teamwork and collaboration as ‘very important’, while 88% of employees and executives cite lack of collaboration as a contributor to workplace failures, according to Salesforce data.

With these stats in mind, it’s crucial for leaders to think about how they can build a high-performing leadership team. Dean Forbes, CEO of Forterro, explained to Executive Grapevine that to foster this business leaders should look to source an exec team that has great experience, however, he points out that a great deal of success also boils down to how leaders manage them.

“The first thing when I’m building an exec team is I’m looking for people who have solid, great experience[, or ] if not [then I need to be] very comfortable and be really convinced that they’re going to be brilliant. And if that costs me something either in money, equity, time I’m going to have to spend with them – I’m okay with that,” Forbes explained.