Building Effective Teams

Group vs. Team

Groups: Single leader, individual focus, lack of attachment
Teams: Shared ownership, mutual accountability, collective identity

According to HRB, great teams are..

4-D
Diverse, Dispersed, Digital, Dynamic

What are the 4 components to team effectiveness?

Knowing your people, structuring your task, managing your people, transformation

Structuring tasks and interdependence

Pooled: Individuals report directly to their output

Sequential: Individuals report to one another in line until the output

Reciprocal: Individuals break into teams and those teams report to the output

Comprehensive: Individuals report to one another and to their output

What is the key balance for interdependence?

Efficiency and effectiveness

When is higher interdependence needed?

For more complicated tasks

What is the rule for raising interdependence?

When gains in efficiency and quality outweigh coordination cost

How can you circumvent the higher cost of coordination?

Team development allows teams to work better, lowering coordination costs even as interdependence increases