By:Jesica Badura

STRATEGIES OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS

What exactly is an effective team ?An effective team has certain characteristics that allow theteam members to function more efficiently and productively.  Why Build an effective team?Building and maintaining effective teams is a time consuming andsensitive process particularly in businesses where the pressures of the moment are often intense.

Strategies of Effective Teams

Strategies of Effective TeamsPlanning •Setting objectives.

•What needs to be completed?

•When does the project need to be completed by?

•Communication guidelines.

Strategies of Effective TeamsPlanning•Determining strategies.

•How will tasks be assigned?

•How will tasks be completed?

•Who will take on what roles?

•What to do when communication breaks down in a team.

Strategies of Effective TeamsPlanning•Determining action plans needed to accomplish goals.•Developing a team charter.•How to manage conflict and disagreements.•How to accommodate for weaknesses within the team.•What to do when a team member fails to comply with team charter.

Organization• Organization of teams leads

to team effectiveness.

• Team Members.

• Team Leader.

Strategies of Effective Teams

Team Members:• Appointed by team leader or

facilitator.• Share their knowledge,

experience, and expertise.• Share the vision of the team.

Strategies of Effective TeamsOrganization

Team Leader:• Coordinates team activities.• Maintains team reports.• Serves as a communication.

connection between team members.

 

Strategies of Effective TeamsOrganization

Strategies of Effective TeamsAssigning TasksImplementing Teamwork:• A team is defined as a small number of

people with complementary skills, who arecommitted to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselvesmutually accountable (MacNeil, 2004).

Strategies of Effective TeamsAssigning TasksTeamwork as the Norm:• The terms, teams and teamwork are fast becoming organizational buzzwords for the 1990s.

•However, unlike other management ideas that have come and gone, there is a good reason to believe that teamwork will be not a brief infatuation but an enduring relationship between employees and their organizations (Booth, 1994).

Strategies of Effective TeamsAssigning Tasks

Benefits of Teamwork:

•Betty and Brain (1997) reported that teams have become essential element in problem solving and in helping businesses to move forward into the future.

Accepting Accountability:Role clarification:• Acceptance of a team leader.• Understand all members’ roles.• Individual responsibilities.• Shared responsibilities.• Clear boundaries.• Identify and fill gaps.(DeMeuse, 2009, p.7)

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Accepting Accountability:Focusing on Team Basics

• Overcoming this resistance requires that team members understand, accept, and apply the “the basics” of team work. (DeMeuse, 2009).

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Accepting Accountability:Promoting Accountability and Responsibility

• Realistic workplace preparation requires that students learn to appreciate the necessity for accountability and responsibility not only from the team as a whole, but also from each person on the team.

Strategies of Effective Teams

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