When Bad Teams Happen to Good People : Your Complete Repair Guide for Successful Teamwork

When Bad Teams Happen to Good People : Your Complete Repair Guide for Successful Teamwork

members not get along? What is the best way to get new teams and ad-hoc teams to maximize their performance in the least amount of time? How can meetings be designed to achieve useful outcomes? Teams are the source of problem-solving and innovation that todays organizations need to survive and thrive in an increasingly complex and challenging marketplace. Teamwork is hard because there is no magic formula or step-by-step procedure to ensure results. Think of a programmer asked to develop new features for a cell phone: they write new code, test the code, troubleshoot problems encountered, revise the code, and repeat the testing process until the new features work without problems.Similarly, a team leader asked to deliver specified outcomes develops a plan, runs team meetings, troubleshoot problems encountered, revises the plan, and repeats until the team outcomes are achieved.