Framework of a Successful Team
There are many criteria necessary in building an effective team. Specific steps can be executed for a productive team to emerge. We can examine the framework of a successful team to see how this can be achieved.
Critical Elements to Creating a Team
When establishing a team it is important to consider several attributes that help to facility a high performance team.
Effective Leadership - Every team needs a leader to drive the team to success. To be effective the leader must allow input from the team members. It is important to keep the individual input organized for everyone to keep the direction clear. An effective leader will need to make decisions and assign tasks to team members in line with the team goal. It is the responsibility of the leader to steer the team’s direction in an atmosphere where the environment allows open communication, everyone is involved, individual skills are used to benefit the team, and the goals remain clear. Clear Direction - Every team needs a clear goal to embrace and be empowered with. Teams are challenged with the different backgrounds, experiences as well as personal goals or objectives they wish to achieve in the project. The direction must be clear enough for the team to understand what is required for success and what each team member must do to achieve that.
Cooperation and Empowerment- It is not enough that a team is composed of skilled members. The key to team dynamics is being able to work together. Gadeken (2012) indicates that many team members may come to a team environment use to doing their own thing. The team can have a superior combined skill set, but if they are unable to work together their expertise will be marginalized (p. 43).
Communication- Communication is the key to the success of any team. Gadeken (2012), said “building and maintaining an open and trusting