How to Build a High-Performing Team

07/11/2025 37 min
How to Build a High-Performing Team

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Episode Synopsis


Scrum Masters don’t exist to “run ceremonies” — they exist to build high-performing teams and make that performance repeatable. Steve unpacks the mindset, mechanics, and measures that turn a good team into a consistently great one. Using the Formula 1 pit-stop and orchestra/conductor analogies, you’ll learn how to create flow through clarity, cadence, and connection — and how to engineer those conditions in real product and service teams.
What you’ll learn


How to remove the three performance killers: external constraints, internal constraints, and culture.


Escalating with evidence, not emotion (simple stakeholder system that gets action).


Curiosity and root-cause habits to stop repeat failures.


Practical culture levers for remote/hybrid teams (trust, accountability, psychological safety).


A metrics toolkit (OKRs, cycle time, lead time, happiness) to prove impact before/after.


Your mission should you choose to accept, is to build a high-performing team in 12 weeks with Steve’s 5-Day High-Performing Team Challenge.
Resources & next steps


Join the High-Performing Team Challenge and accept the mission: https://www.agilistic.co.uk/high-performing-team-challenge 


Take the Agile Impact Scorecard: https://impact-pulse-check.scoreapp.com 


Enhance your Agile IMPACT: https://www.agilistic.co.uk/impact-foundations-course 


Explore the Agile Mastery Club: https://www.agilistic.co.uk/ama-club