Trip wire for leading teams Skimp on organizational supports
An organizational systems set to provide teams with support is noticeably different from a system intended to support and control individual work.
Provide generalities and let them work out the details
The question about team structure is not how much structure does the team have? All teams need structural supports. The question is what kind of structure? Does is it enable cooperative work, or does it make team work more difficult and frustrating.
Accountability and authority become unbalanced
Knowing the teams context, boundaries and having skilled-knowledge to determine where, is best along the Manager———Team authority continuum will assist teams in achieving high performance.
Call them a team but manage as individuals
You cannot throw a bunch of smart people in a room and expect them to become a team.
5 Common Mistakes in Designing and Leading Teams
Trip wires or mistakes that are common in designing and leading teams, and 3 ideas on improving team work.
How does a management team develop trust?
Workplace trust comes from the work and being useful to the team. Not from sharing deep secrets from your past.
Moving a management team from concept to goal completion
The process of moving from concept to goal completion is where innovation, motivation and discretion happens, that is what you are paid for.
Goals and Solutions Does the difference matter?
Goals are what you want in relation to the problem, while solutions are what you want independent of the problem.
What actions can managers take to move a perceived bad team to good?
Top managers of an organization have to recognize environmental differences in teams work. When a management team attributes “good” or “bad” work to team without taking in the environment the attribution eventually becomes self-fulfilling.
Team Leaders Responsibility in Team Building
When the management team documented the responsibility they could compare that to the authority of team leaders and we changed how the work got done, leading to people working differently.