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What Makes a Great Team?

  • Date November 13, 2017

A team comprises two or more people who partner their skills and talents to achieve some common goal. Not all teams are created equal of course. A team can easily become dysfunctional with the result that achievement of goals is problematic.

When we recognise what sets a good team apart from one that flounders, we’re in a better place to set up a team that’s bound for success.

So, before we identify what makes a successful team, let’s look first at…

Why Teams Fail

Environmental Influences:
  • Physical separation prevents members from meeting frequently
  • The team is not given adequate resources to do the job
  • There is no recognition of team effort
  • There is a lack of recognition by the organisation or its leaders that a team exists
Goals:
  • Members do not participate in setting goals
  • Goals are unclear
  • Goals are not communicated
  • Everyone is doing their own thing without attention to team goals
Roles:
  • Responsibilities are poorly defined
  • No clear leader is identified
  • There is buck-passing of responsibility
  • Members engage in power plays for authority and control
  • Members refuse to recognize their interdependence and act as if they were independent
Processes:
  • Decisions are always a crisis situation
  • Decision-making is dominated by one person
  • Communications are one way, top down and channeled through the leader
  • Minor points are debated endlessly
  • Meetings are unproductive with the issues unresolved
  • Meetings cover trivia versus significant issues
  • Actions are taken without planning
  • Members work individually without reference to one another
  • Members are late for meetings or do not attend
Relationships:
  • Members are unwilling to be identified with the team
  • There is disguised conflict between members
  • There are severe personality conflicts
  • Relationships are competitive

 

With that said, now let’s look at…

What Makes an Effective Team

Highly effective teams have:
  • A clear, elevating goal
  • A results-driven structure
  • Competent members
  • Unified commitment
  • A collaborative climate
  • Standards of excellence
  • External support and recognition
  • Principled leadership

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