How Team Agreements Improve Team Performance: A Conversation with Sam Spurlin

When team tension and conflict arises, it's often because something significant is unclear. Team Agreements can go a long way towards driving clarity and alignment. In this episode, we sit down with organizational consultant and Deliberate Works founder Sam Spurlin to explore the practices that help teams work better together over time. We discuss team agreements, team charters, operating rhythms, retrospectives, decision-making, psychological safety, and why trust is built through meaningful shared work. Sam shares lessons from his work with the Ready where he worked with fortune 500 companies in several industries, including how teams can create greater clarity, strengthen connection, improve accountability, and build the habits that sustain long-term performance. If you're part of a leadership team, executive team, or any group working to improve how you collaborate, this conversation offers practical insights you can put into practice immediately.