21 Secrets of Establishing Effective Teams
21 Secrets of Establishing Effective Teams
1. Think of teamwork as a beautiful delivery “system or device.”
2. Individual “innovative ideas” are needed for a team to implement.
3. Think of the team as the “entire company.”
4. Give all the people the opportunity to “build a legacy together.”
5. An effective team is a group of people with a “shared purpose.”
6. Teams require a lot of “hard work” because it goes against traditional thinking.
7. None of us are as smart as all of us! – If we are all truly “prepared and engaged.”
8. Beware of group thinking – “If everyone is thinking the same… someone isn’t thinking!”
9. You must “reward teamwork” if you want it to work.
10. “Strong teams begin with strong people” – individuality and individual excellence are key elements and ingredients of a strong team.
11. People must have both the “mind-set” and the “skill-set” for effective teams to occur.
12. You need team “decision-making” at all levels within the organization if you are going to keep pace with the competition.
13. You need to see the “interdependence” between all members of the organization – who needs who and why, then you will start to truly understand teamwork.
14. As a leader, have you ever been part of an “exceptional team” at any time in your life? What did it feel like? What did you learn? What can you share? What can you apply in your area of responsibility?
15. Teams and team members must be truly “interdependent” and value working with others.
16. The more specialized knowledge becomes the more important teams become when working in “highly complex” organizations.
17. To work well, teams must become “the way we do things.” It is a long term…top down, way of doing business.
18. When you focus on an end-to-end process…on “seeing things as a system”…with many people trying to accomplish common objectives, then you begin to see the power of teams.
19. High “trust relationships” – the ability to work through differences – is a key ingredient for team success.
20. As in any successful organizational environment “a great attitude” by all team members is necessary.
21. The team must develop a “passion to win” not for the teams sake, but rather for the greater good of the organization.
You MAY reprint the information contained in this article as long as no portion of the contents are modified and it used “exclusively” within your organization. You must also give credit to information by including the tag line...Roger M. Ingbretsen, Author, Speaker, Leadership Coach, Organizational and Career Developer.
21 Secrets of Establishing Effective Teams - To learn more about this author, visit Roger Ingbretsen's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
Teams and team work can be very effective in many organizational settings if, and only if, they are formed correctly and used to solve problems that are best resolved by several people working together. Teams and team work for the sake of teams, is most often a failure. The first thing that must be decided, does it truly make sense to form a team or teams. Next, will the time, money and effort expended obtain the desired results? Then, how long will the team/s need to be in existence to accomplish its objective? If you are serious about establishing “formal” or even “informal” teams in your organization the following 21 secrets can increase your success.
1. Think of teamwork as a beautiful delivery “system or device.”
2. Individual “innovative ideas” are needed for a team to implement.
3. Think of the team as the “entire company.”
4. Give all the people the opportunity to “build a legacy together.”
5. An effective team is a group of people with a “shared purpose.”
6. Teams require a lot of “hard work” because it goes against traditional thinking.
7. None of us are as smart as all of us! – If we are all truly “prepared and engaged.”
8. Beware of group thinking – “If everyone is thinking the same… someone isn’t thinking!”
9. You must “reward teamwork” if you want it to work.
10. “Strong teams begin with strong people” – individuality and individual excellence are key elements and ingredients of a strong team.
11. People must have both the “mind-set” and the “skill-set” for effective teams to occur.
12. You need team “decision-making” at all levels within the organization if you are going to keep pace with the competition.
13. You need to see the “interdependence” between all members of the organization – who needs who and why, then you will start to truly understand teamwork.
14. As a leader, have you ever been part of an “exceptional team” at any time in your life? What did it feel like? What did you learn? What can you share? What can you apply in your area of responsibility?
15. Teams and team members must be truly “interdependent” and value working with others.
16. The more specialized knowledge becomes the more important teams become when working in “highly complex” organizations.
17. To work well, teams must become “the way we do things.” It is a long term…top down, way of doing business.
18. When you focus on an end-to-end process…on “seeing things as a system”…with many people trying to accomplish common objectives, then you begin to see the power of teams.
19. High “trust relationships” – the ability to work through differences – is a key ingredient for team success.
20. As in any successful organizational environment “a great attitude” by all team members is necessary.
21. The team must develop a “passion to win” not for the teams sake, but rather for the greater good of the organization.
You MAY reprint the information contained in this article as long as no portion of the contents are modified and it used “exclusively” within your organization. You must also give credit to information by including the tag line...Roger M. Ingbretsen, Author, Speaker, Leadership Coach, Organizational and Career Developer.
21 Secrets of Establishing Effective Teams - To learn more about this author, visit Roger Ingbretsen's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
 | |
 |
No article feedback found. |
| |
Leave Your Feedback |
 | |
| |||
Dianne CramptonDianne Crampton is an executive leadership coach, team culture consultant, author and president of TIGERS Success Series, Inc. Dianne has been helping CEO's and Executives connect their employees to their core values and goals for over 20 years using the trademarked TIGERS team culture process, which stands for trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk and success. To download a free white paper on behaviors that build strong teams and behaviors that will predictably tear them down go here. Dianne's contribution to the 2010 Pfeiffer Consulting Journal (an imprint of John Wiley and Sons Publishers) entitled TIGERS Hearted Teams is available in November 2009. Her new book TIGERS Among Us: 5 Winning Business Team Cultures And Why, Three Creeks Publishing will release in March 2010. To receive publishing discounts, subscribe to the free TigerTracks Newsletter here. - Visit Dianne Crampton's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
 | |
|  |
Subscribe to Roger's articles
 | |
|
|  |
 | |
|
| |
 | |||||||
|
 | ||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
| ||
 |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
|
|
 |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
 |
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"
Click Here To Learn More |
|
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
|
|
 Integrity Guide Optimus Performance Instant Yellow Pages Tax Splitting Example Elevating Your Business |
|
 | ||
 |
Write The PR
Press Release Builder | |
 |
Top 50 Political Blogs
Top Political Blogs of 2009 | |
| ||
 | ||||
| ||||
|
| ||||
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||