10 elements of effective teams

10 ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE
TEAMS
from THE TEN MINUTE MANAGER
1. Competent Leadership
 Balance between direction and control with support and
openness.
 Coaching and mentoring to meet the needs of the team and
individuals.
 Leader believes in teams, states expectations about team work
and gives praise and reprimands to support the expectations.

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2. Clear Purpose
 Goal setting is team activity
 There is a commitment to furthering the goals.
 Teams must be clear on how they support the organization
purpose.
 Purpose provides daily guidance as well as future goals.
 Individuals should be able to see the link between their work,
their teams purpose and the organization's purpose.
 Teams need to refocus on purpose from time to time.

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3. Internal Focus
 Focus on relationships with critical others in the organization.
 You clarify the other person's performance expectations of your
team.
 You get current feedback about your team's performance.
 You maintain a positive relationship with a critical person in the
organization.
 You strengthen your team buy having one of your subordinates
be the primary link between you and the other manager.
 Finally you help the other manager improve his/her own team's
performance which helps everyone.

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4. External Focus
 Focus on relationships with critical others outside the
organization.
 The team develops a list of critical others.
 Recent events which may change the team's credibility are
headlines.
 An individual is identified to work with each critical other.
 The team provides advice to that individual.
 If asked, the manager assists with strategy and action steps.

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5. Trust
 Trust is built by focusing directly on it.
 Taking risks is necessary to build trust.
 Getting supported for taking risks builds trust.
 Allowing yourself to be vulnerable increases other's trust in you.
 Caring about each other is necessary to establish trust.
 Letting go of the negative incidents in the past is critical to trust
building

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6. Individual Performance
 It is unrealistic to expect to hire top performers for all your jobs.
 The manager must reward teamwork and eliminate divisive behavior.
 Coaching and training are made available for each team member.
 Team members must see a problem of one team member as a problem for the
entire team, and therefore as their own problem.
 High performing team members anticipate important events
 They rehearse, as a team, for the event.
 They play and learn together (i.e. a ropes course or a supervisory skills training).
 Team members teach the rest of the team skills they acquire through training.
 Social activities as a team benefit the team.
 High performing teams use non-traditional methods to develop team spirit:
(breathing in unison, songs, and pre-game huddles).

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7. Problem-Solving, Decision Making, Meeting Mgt Skills
 Be sure you are solving the right problem.
 Have a specific problem solving process and do not rely on discussion
alone.
 Be task focused and directed, but allow new ideas to be introduced.
 Get every one's opinion and insure that everyone listens.
 Learn new problem solving methods.
 Use puzzles and games to develop problem-solving skills.
 Learn and practice various decision making practices.
 Determine which types of decisions will be made by whom.
 Learn and practice the basics of good meeting management.

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8. Being Seen As Winners-Team Spirit
 There is team spirit, and the team has an image of winning, and
enjoying working together.
 Focusing on winning leads to a better solution than focusing on
problem prevention.
 Focusing on winning lifts a team's moral.
 Set high goals and regularly assess progress towards those goals.
 By using simple techniques, team members will feel like winners:
 give awards to all team members for accomplishments
 have team members provide gold stars for each other
 discuss other people's statements about winning
 affirm team and members with positive support

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9. Being Seen As Winners-Image
 Deliver what you promise.
 Make others feel like they are right in what they want.
 Act positive and have a can-do attitude.
 Never talk negatively about team members.
 A team needs to market its accomplishments.
 Consult with other team members about style and dress,
materials, work areas, etc.
 Do some special activities to show that you are winners.

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10. Regular Review
 There is regular review of individual performance and
appropriate feedback.
 There is regular review to improve (RTI) of team performance
and appropriate feedback.
 There is regular review to improve (RTI) built into meetings,
decision making processes, and at the end of an important work
cycle (such as completing the annual plan and budget).

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The High Performance Team Ratios:
 team needs versus individual turf
 team members who volunteer versus team members who hold
back
 future focused items versus past-focused items
 anticipated events versus surprises
 issues taken care of by sub-teams versus issues brought to the
full team

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1. Competent Leadership
2. Clear Purpose
3. Internal Focus
4. External Focus
5. Trust
6. Individual Performance
7. Problem-Solving, Decision
Making, Meeting Mgt Skills
8. Being Seen As Winners-
Team Spirit
9. Being Seen As Winners-
Image
10. Regular Review

10 elements of effective teams

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