Are Your Teams Working? - Keys to Team Effectiveness

Developing Great Teams!

“Together everyone achieves more.”

-- Who knows, but it makes sense!

“Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results.”

-- Successories poster

“Effective teams are a necessary part of any high performance organization.”

-- Kevin McManus, the Systems Guy

"Are Your Teams Working? - Keys to Team Effectiveness"

Summary of Workbook Exercises

Exercise		Purpose
Operational Definitions worksheet		Create a common language for exploring team possibilities and potential
Identifying Current and Future Teams		Defines current and possible future team investments
Defining Your Innovation Threshold		Helps you match major project needs to the amount of resources you have available for developing them
What Should You Expect From Your Teams?		Helps you develop and clarify a more powerful set of team expectations
How Do You Determine Team Effectiveness?		Helps you define team effectiveness in terms of output and relationship factors, measures, and weight
How Much Do You Currently Invest in Project and Focus Teams?		Helps you identify what you are investing in four different project and focus team support areas
How Much Do You Currently Invest in Process Teams?		Helps you identify what you are investing in four different process team support areas
Identifying Potential Team Leaders and Facilitators		Helps you identify the current number of teams that you can effectively support
Identifying Current and Future Team Investments		Used to define your current team infrastructure and evaluate possible changes you might make
Balancing Results and Commitments		Explores the need for balance between two example sets of expectations and investment options
Identifying Investment Options		Clarifies the degree of investment you are willing to make in four key team support areas

The above exercises represent the heart of this workbook's power. By working through each of them with your leadership team, your steering committee, or even by yourself, you can get a much better idea of the types of teams you have and the types of support your teams will need in order for them to become more effective. Should you chose to participate in a workshop based on this topic, you will get a chance to complete the exercises at that time.

Would you like to learn more about this workbook?

Click on one of the following links to learn even more about how this workbook can help the teams you already have in place, and those that you might be thinking about using, even more effective:

	Workbook overview
	Workbook table of contents
	Summary of key team myths and questions
	Summary of team types
	Great Systems! home page

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