Characteristics of Effective Teams
Business strategies, processes and practices are changing at an unprecedented speed. Whether the change is large or small, the ability to manage it is a critical component of high performance. Ever changing market conditions means that teams must be continually evolving to produce great results.
However building great teams takes hard work and commitment. High performing teams have a range of characteristics that set them apart from the rest:
Great teams achieve great things but it doesn’t happen by magic, it takes hard work and commitment.
Effective Teams:
1. Plan
2. Are clear about what they want to achieve
3. Recognise the importance of challenging outcomes
4. Prioritise
5. Establish realistic timescales
6. Assess and review team member skills and capabilities
7. Recognise each person has a unique contribution to make
8. Allows members to show support for each other
9. Know their members and their skill sets
10. Share a high level of trust between members
11. Encourage creativity
12. Are flexible in their approach to specific tasks
13. Confront issues in an open way
14. Ask questions
15. Listen
16. Manage and deal with change
17. Have team leadership of a high standard in appropriate hands
18. Have sound and understood procedures for decision making
19. Have good relations with other groups
20. Regularly reviews individual and team development needs
21. Have good internal and external communications
22. Have fun and enjoy being together
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