Jeff Janssen Eight Kinds of Team Cultures
Jansen Sports Leadership Center
Jeff wrote an article that published in a magazine I read that dealt with the culture of your team. As we get to the home stretch of many of our basketball seasons we get to the point where we evaluate the season, the good and the bad, positives and negatives. A part of leading a program entails evaluating what your team culture is and what things need to be changed.
“Understanding the Eight Kinds of Team Cultures”
Selfishness & lack of accountability can poison program chemistry
1. Corrosive culture | Jeff Janssen Eight Kinds of Team Cultures
– Highly toxic, conflict, negativity, frustration, cliques, gossiping, distrust & selfishness
– Not enjoyable to be around
– Turmoil & tension off the court affects play on the court
– “Rather than battling your opponents your athletes spend more time battling each other
– People involved in the program become apathetic/resistant toward team’s goals
– Attitudes, commitment & chemistry deteriorate
– Most involved seek to endure & survive in a dysfunctional culture: looking to escape
2. Country Club Culture | Jeff Janssen Eight Kinds of Team Cultures
– Entitlement, Appearances, & leisure
– Priority is to look good & have fun not necessarily win
– Superficial &soft culture
– Many in the organization are allowed to coast
– More about style than substance
– Status accrued by gear people wear
– Results are secondary, relationships are superficial
3. Congenial Culture | Jeff Janssen Eight Kinds of Team Cultures
– Main focus on getting along
– Support group & social club rather than high-performance team
– Team might be “to nice”, lack focus on results
– Team lacks honesty so as not to hurt a teammate’s feelings
4. Comfortable Culture | Jeff Janssen Eight Kinds of Team Cultures
– Team doesn’t want to be out of their comfort zone
– Players will only work so hard, but not past a certain level
– Don’t like to push through fatigue
– Very few deep relationships on the team
– Team usually doesn’t have a mission
(The last 4 will be in the next post)
Coach & Athletic Director magazine
January 2014 pg 16-18
Volume 83, Number4
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