Teams and Composition
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
Form Follows Function
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“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
Form Follows Function
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“True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” – Winston Churchill
Where are we? Where should we be?
Evaluation is more than just a phase of planning methodology. It is critical to ensuring on-going team success.
The headlong rush by a team to deliver on targets or goals may entail lots of enthusiasm, passion and commitment. However, this energy, determination and action of team members—while suggesting great focus and progress—may well be serving to undermine team performance and relationships.
Team Types and their Characteristics
There are four principal team types to be found in most organisations. Whilst they share many characteristics and challenges, each is unique in terms of how they interact with their environment and they each have unique challenges and characteristics. Developing a team and maximising its effectiveness requires an understanding and recognition of its particular characteristics and challenges. The figure below broadly describes the four types. This article considers the Project Team in more depth.
Project Team:
In many organisations, project teams are the primary productive units and most of the output is achieved or delivered through project work. More and more employees are becoming involved in project teams of varying sizes. Project teams are generally established for a specific purpose and a specific duration which more often than not tends to be short term. Project teams can be co-located or, increasingly, virtual with members dispersed geographically.
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