Team Building Portal
The cross functional team has representatives from different functions. The representative of a particular function on the team is meant to work on a project with people from other functions and they are expected to blend in their collective expertise…
The First Signs of an Ineffective Team
Businesses are becoming more aware that they can suffer as a consequence of ineffective teamwork. Some teams, for example: Don’t gel together Are not cohesive in their approach Don’t see eye to eye Can’t resolve conflict or professional disagreements that…
Diagnosing Team Failure
Teams are put together to combine the knowledge and expertise of team members, this helps to gain greater strategic thinking and enhanced creativity in business solutions. When teams fail to perform as expected, an attempt is usually made to pinpoint…
Identifying Symptoms of Team Ineffectiveness
Tim runs a small business and is a long time customer of a software firm that put together his information systems. There had been some staff turnover in the software firm over the years, but the quality of the work…
The Art of Being a Productive Player in Team Meetings
Susan is part of a team of four people who have been put together to help their organisation formulate exciting new ideas for product development. The team has been in discussions for four weeks and they haven’t had a single…
Emotional Intelligence and Good Team Cohesion
Emotional intelligence is often touted as vital for a good team leader to possess, but a level of emotional intelligence is also necessary among team members for them to carry out their team roles in a cooperative and collaborative manner.…
Personality Traits, Work Approaches and Thinking Styles
It would be short-sighted to finalise your office teams before you’ve had the opportunity to assess the employees on behavioural issues and personality attributes. Teams are a group of people who are put together for a common purpose but the…
Do Your Teams Have the Big-Five Factor?
There is something called the Big-Five model, a framework that is well researched and well accepted around the world by psychology experts. The Big-Five model has five key factors that define the attitudes and behaviours that decide job performance. The…
The Quest for the Effective Team Player
A term that jumps out at you from many job ads is Team Player. This is an issue that is on every interviewer’s mind when an applicant applies for a job and this question is asked not just at the…
Turning Around a Failed Team
Teamwork calls for collective effort on a task and mutual cooperation in all activities related to a task. However, the team process is not easy and most teams have a few teething problems before they begin to jell and work…