High Performance Leadership Teams

            Teams are prevalent in all organizations; business leaders need to know how to build and how to manage them to achieve high performance.

            Building an effective team raises both organizational and individual leadership issues. In deciding to use teams across you company, you will want to look closely at the company culture and compensation structure to see if the both support teamwork.

            Deciding to form a team is a process very similar to deciding to call a meeting. Both meetings and teams can alienate participants if they are not clearly the best approach.

            After you have decided that a team is necessary you will then have to decided how to form that team. It’s a good idea to form teams based on functional responsibilities.

            Team members want to learn from the experience of being on the team, which calls for reflecting on the teamwork processes. Teams working together over an extended period of time should build in periodic processes.

            Despite all the best planning and time spent getting to know each other, teams will likely experience conflict. Obtaining the best results can depend on the team ability to manage conflict.

            In conclusion, leading a team and working on a team present some challenges, but with the right approach a team can work through the challenges, achieve high performance and in the end outperform other groups and individuals.