Building Successful Teams
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The article provides useful ideas on how to build successful teams, particularly by paying close attention to team size and composition, providing accountability, and using periodic check-ins to gauge how the team is progressing. It also talks more about team building and small group formation. It is important to lay the groundwork for successful teams at the very outset.
Stages of Team Development
The Norming Stage
Successfully moving through the storming stage means that a team has clarified its purpose and strategy for achieving its goals. It now transitions to a period focused on developing shared values about how team members will work together. These norms of collaboration can address issues ranging from when to use certain modes of communication, such as e-mail versus telephone, to how team meetings will be run and what to do when conflicts arise. Norms become a way of simplifying choices and facilitating collaboration, since members have shared expectations about how work will get done.