Team Building Portal
If there is a lack of trust between team members, it can result in a team that is not united in its approach. This can be shown through poor co-ordination, poor co-operation and minimal sharing of knowledge and resources. It…
Problems & Symptoms
Ineffective Interaction and Unproductive Team Meetings
All the complexities of team dynamics come to the fore at the meeting. The meeting is one of the most critical aspects of the team process with strategies and innovative solutions to problems emerging during this time. The team meeting…
Poor Role Clarity
The clarity of roles is a must in a team situation. When roles are not clearly defined, this can lead to conflict and confusion on tasks. Team members may not understand what exactly is expected of each of them. Some…
Faulty Analysis of Market Conditions and Flawed Company Policies
At times a team can fail due to uncertainties in market conditions and an inability to read the signs of change. It could be due to poor forecasting models, foresight, understanding of market forces or a weak analysis of the…
Poor Time Management
A team should plan its goals and activities whilst keeping time constraints and deadlines in mind, otherwise their efficiency level in managing and implementing a task can suffer. Adequate time has to be allocated for key team activities such as…
The Two Sides of Conflict
“Conflict is inevitable in a team, in fact, to achieve synergistic solutions, a variety of ideas and approaches are needed. These are the ingredients for conflict”. Susan Gerke, former manager at IBM, Leadership Development, currently President of Gerke Consulting &…
The Support Structure of Empowered Teams
Empowerment is different from delegation. Delegation is entrusting a task to a team while still retaining all the decision making control. Empowerment, however, requires that a certain amount of responsibility and decision making capability is vested in the team. Assigning…
Team Incompatibility
Company management often put teams together to achieve a particular business objective. The performance of the team depends on the personality and interaction of the team members and on the expertise and experience of each individual. It is much like…
Problems That Face Implementation Teams
Team formations are decided by work requirements and business objectives. There are the onsite work teams that work together on a day-to-day basis and the cross-functional teams who work on specific projects. Then there is the situational task force called…
Issues in Cross Cultural Teams
Cross-cultural teams can have their fair share of problems once the novelty of interacting with new people fades. From simple issues like understanding language idioms to more complex work culture issues, there is scope fot a lot of problems. Global…