Your team is playing a game with you, with players, rules, roles, roles, a goal, and points awarded for achievements. Therefore, you, as the leader, should outline for the team whether you’re playing soccer, volleyball, or basketball, who plays what roles, and whether or not points are awarded.
What game are you playing? Do you know the rules? How effective is your team?
GRIP is a methodology that allows you to assess your team’s effectiveness and analyze what works well and what could be improved. How effective is your team? How can you improve its effectiveness?
Expose is a specific team contract presented through a speech to your team in a contextual change, such as a change in team composition, a change in purpose, your joining the team, or a change in your role (becoming a leader). What “game” are your team and you playing? Do you really have a common understanding of what’s important?
These are the assumptions agreed upon with the team that define how the team works, what its members represent, and the principles of collaboration. Effective teams have 3-5 points in their contract that are independent of the circumstances. Do you have such a contract with the team? What agreements would you like to have?