Here is today's quick question for you...​Who has the D?

If you’re familiar with the RAPID framework, you’ll know that the D is for Decide. I’ve seen so much time wasted, especially in cross-functional teams, because people are unsure who has the authority to make a decision. They don’t know who has the D.

Ask it when you're...

1. Establishing a cross-functional team - Understanding roles, responsibilities, and decision protocols up front will save you a lot of heartache down the track.

2. Feeling agitation among your colleagues - when frustrated by a lack of progress, team members will express, but may be unable to escape the vortex of indecision. This question may give them a path forward.

3. Making decisions with significant consequences - The weightier the decision, the greater the need for clarity on the D.

Here is today's quick question for you...​What feedback models are right for our team?

Hint: Does your team prefer Radical Candor? SBI? STAR? The S*it Sandwich?

Ask it when you're...

1. Building a new team - Context and experience are important considerations for choosing your team’s preferred feedback model, and this question helps identify a good match.

2. Introducing a performance culture - Feedback mechanisms tell your team a lot about your culture. Finding the right fit between your drivers and feedback processes will make transitioning to a performance culture much easier.

3. Sensing a lack of feedback across the team - If your preferred model doesn’t resonate with the team, they’re unlikely to use it. Try asking for input to find the model that fits.

Here is today's quick question for you...​How comfortable are we in giving each other feedback?

Ask it when you're...

1. Reflecting on team maturity - This question can help assess how well your team connects and whether any unsaid ‘elephants’ could hinder your progress.

2. Designing your team offsite - It can be helpful to push your team into areas of discomfort, but dangerous to go too far too soon. This question can help you establish a baseline.

3. Developing your L&D plan  - Perhaps your team could use some training on how to deliver (and receive) feedback more effectively. If that’s the case, I’d love to help. You can email me here.

Here is today's quick question for you...​What role does feedback play in our success?

Ask it when you're...

1. Developing a performance culture - Consider how you want to position feedback in the context of high performance. How do you want your team to think about giving and receiving it?

2. Establishing relationships with your customers - How might you establish two-way feedback as core to the success of your relationships with your customers?

3. Thinking about your team’s Learning & Development needs - What tools and skills will enable your team to give and receive feedback in a way that fuels your success?