What is a High Performance Team? Often referenced as HPTeams or HPTs, there seems to be a level of mystery behind them. Do they simply happen? Is there a secret to their creation? Or is there a specific strategy to help create these HPTeams out of ordinary teams?

At the basic level, an HPTeam is a group of individuals working together in harmony to achieve what others might think of as the impossible.  And frankly these tasks typically are impossible for the average team. We often hear about sports teams and athletes being "in the zone" and that's exactly what an HPT experiences. When fully charged an HPTeam can take on and achieve critical tasks quickly, efficiently, and with high accuracy. However as with anything labeled as "high performance," HPTs have difficulty maintaining their performance level without downtime, rest, and maintenance between challenges. And while HPTs need the downtime in order to remain effective, this does not necessarily remove the title from the team.
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