Tips For Your Family and Business

Released on = December 21, 2005, 8:12 am

Press Release Author = Reliable Co

Industry = Accounting

Press Release Summary = Get Started With Goal Setting This Year and Change Your Bad
Life Patterns To Great Behaviors of A New Exciting Life.

Press Release Body = Why do some teams perform well while others struggle? How can
you assess how effectively your team is working now, and identify methods for
improvement?

Research shows that 85% of the reasons that teams of people succeed or struggle has
more to do with interpersonal issues, than technical competence. But both are needed
for effective teamwork.

Below please find a checklist you can use to identify the strengths and development
needs of your own team:

1. Clear Goals

It's very hard to get there if you don't know where you're going! And it's very hard
to accomplish your goals if you haven't made them clear. Make sure there's no
question about your team's purpose, function and objective.

2. Clear Roles and Responsibilities.

It's important that roles and responsibilities are clearly specified in order for
people to be accountable for accomplishing their part of the team's tasks.
Misunderstandings and conflicts frequently occur when roles and expectations are not
clearly defined.

3. Information Sharing.

In order for the team to make the best decisions, each team member needs to be
provided with relevant information. High performing teams don't guard information.
they share it freely.

4. Competent Team Members

Competent team members need to be placed in the right position. At times, a highly
talented person can be ill placed which can throw off the team functioning. Consider
both the competency and placement of each individual team member.

5. Values Diversity

We don't all work the same way, or have the same styles. This can be a key source
for interpersonal conflict. However, when teams learn to value each other's
differences they can leverage each other's strengths. Team building exercises can
help individuals to appreciate diversity and work together more effectively.

6. Creative Problem Solving

When you value diversity of opinion, your team can be more adept at solving
problems. How effectively a team can generate new solutions, and focus on the end
objective, will largely determine their success.

7. Flexibility

High performing teams check their progress periodically and adjust their course when
needed. This is an important element for allowing them to become adept at meeting
the goals of their team.

8. Effective Conflict Resolution

How teams resolve their conflicts can make or break them. Effective conflict
resolution skills that focus on the task at hand, not the individuals, helps teams
move forward and redirect their focus toward positive outcomes.

9. Effective Time Management

How teams structure their meetings, and meet their deadlines, reflects on their
effectiveness. Teams that manage their meetings well encourage higher performance
and the increased likelihood of accomplishing their objectives.

10. Good morale.

Low turnover and longevity is a benchmark of good morale. A team that successfully
values the individual as well as the team has the best likelihood of success.



Web Site = http://startlivingyourdreamstoday.com

Contact Details = Greg Vanden Berge

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