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This is from an article on high performance teams from Harvard Business School. Make sure you give a citation so they don't accuse you of plaigirism. Susan Heathfield stresses the ultimate goal of team building is "striving to improve results for customers" (Heathfield, 2007, p. 1-3) and suggests 12 Cs for building a team: Clear Expectations - Are expectations communicated effectively? Context - Team members must know why they are on the team. Commitment - Team members have to be motivated to be on the team. Competence - Do all team members feel the team is comprised of competent people? Charter - A team needs a charter and assigned responsibilities. Control - A team needs to be empowered to bring about the results described in the charter. Collaboration - Team members need to understand team development, roles, and responsibilities. Communication - Team members need to communicate with each other and the organization effectively. Creative Innovation - The organization must truly want change to be affected from this team collaboration. Consequences - Both rewards and risk must be clear and the team members must feel accountable. Coordination - Teams must understand the leadership hierarchy and ultimate customer. Cultural Change - The organization must recognize the differences between the traditional business hierarchy and the team building model.

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by Lauren F

11 months ago

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The "team" must have something they agree upon. Or some goal. To reach the goal they must all work together. It can not be reached if only a few do all the work..

by Ed Atun- 11 months ago