{"id":7274,"date":"2018-03-09T10:27:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T13:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.plataformatec.com.br\/?p=7274"},"modified":"2018-03-14T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T13:36:47","slug":"two-motives-why-your-team-is-feeling-pressured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.plataformatec.com.br\/2018\/03\/two-motives-why-your-team-is-feeling-pressured\/","title":{"rendered":"Two motives why your team is feeling pressured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adding pressure to your team is like adding salt to your food: if you add a little bit, everything will be fine, and the result will be better; if you add more, the result might be better, but your health will suffer; if you add even more, you’ve just ruined everything, and you need to start again (for foods, you can just add potatoes and fix it).<\/span><\/p>\n

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From my experience, the two main reasons a team gets stressed and pressured are lack of visibility and lack of predictability.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First of all, what is visibility? Visibility is the transparency of your team’s process. It means allowing all stakeholders to know what you are doing, how you are doing and why you are doing. It doesn’t mean giving every smallest detail of your process, but they need to have all necessary information to drive their goals according to your team’s progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

When stakeholders don’t have the appropriate visibility, they might underestimate the team’s capacity and input pressure to see more results. On the other hand, when they have it, it is easier to agree on a sustainable development<\/span><\/p>\n

To improve visibility on your team, you can:<\/span><\/p>\n