Building a team

Think of the best performing team you’ve ever been on.  It may be a high-school sports team or a community group.  It might be a team to which you were assigned at work, or an informal group of volunteers.    The team can take any form at all.   But it must have performed excellently on its intended purpose.   

In this session, we will look at the characteristics of high-performing teams, and distinguish them from the characteristics of low performers.  This will lead us into questions about when we even want a team to deal with an issue given the high costs of coordination and collaboration.   If a team is appropriate for addressing a particular issue, who should be on it?  What should the team seek to achieve?   You will leave this session with answers to these and other issues that are central to team effectiveness.