Team Development

Effective teams have:

Clear objectives, good decisions making processes, trust, co-operation, support and constructive conflict, clear roles, responsibilities and leadership, sound relationships with other groups, analysis of teams performance

1. Clear objectives

No team or group of people can be effective unless they know what they are trying to do. It is like trying to hit the centre of a target in the dark.

2. Good Decision Making

It is also important to have speedy and effective procedures for making decisions. Good teams collect information quickly and share it amongst themselves by 'putting it on the table.'

3. Trust, co-operation, support and conflict (constructive)

In an effective team, the members can state their views, ideas and differences of opinion openly, without risk of being ridiculed.

4. Clear roles, responsibilities and leadership

Most teams have a leader whose main role is to co-ordinate the efforts of the team members in order to meet the objectives.

5. Sound relationships with each other

However efficient a team is, its success will be limited unless it can be linked up with other teams.

6. Analysis of teams performance

In a sports team, skill and ability are improved by closely examining past performance. Similarly in a working team a regular examination of performance helps to improve. This process often looks at the teams role in the organisation, how it makes decisions and how new members are integrated.

How the plan is communicated, the teamwork and the motivation of the individuals involved makes the real difference between success or failure of a project.

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