TEAMWORK
Building teamwork is no simple task. It requires that mechanisms be in place to enable everyone on the team to synergize, meaning the combined energies are greater than the sum of individual actions. However, you must make synergy happen.
Effective teams have these ten characteristics:
1. A definable mission.
2. Fewer than ten people.
3. Autonomy, or the latitude to make decisions regarding the team’s destiny within the scope of the mission of parent organizations.
4. Resources to accomplish missions.
5. Reasonable deadlines to accomplish goals.
6. A record of activities.
7. Team members who understand expectations of performance.
8. Patience.
9. Participation from everyone.
10. A leader.
Teamwork offers many obvious advantages. It ...
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