Creating Alignment around the Team Purpose

Too many team leaders settle for a foggy, uninspiring ill-defined purpose. They incorrectly assume that if the purpose is clear and important to them, it must appear that way to their team members as well. More often than not, this assumption is wrong. Tasks and Teams Many organizations seem confused about the difference between teamwork […]

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Too Much Team – Too Little Thinking

Avoiding the Tendency to Go Along to Get Along For the most part, group cohesiveness is a desirable team attribute, but too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Sometimes groups can develop such high levels of cohesiveness that the desire for uniformity and unanimity becomes stronger than the need for the […]

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