Team Working

In large projects, teams are often required to work closely with other teams within the organisation. This article looks at Lynda Gratton and Tamara J. Erickson's article on how to make sure teams are equipped to collaborate successfully.

Dr Meredith Belbin’s work on teams is one of the most enduring pieces of thinking on teams of the last century. We summarise it here.

Groups have been central to human development since the dawn of civilisation but the study of how they work and evolve only began relatively recently. In this article we give an introduction to group dynamics and examine some of the most influential theories about how groups develop and function.

Katzenbach and Smith, renowned experts on teams since the early 1990s, used exhaustive research on more than 50 leading organisations to establish their influential thinking, which is outlined in this article.

Here we outline top business thinker Patrick M. Lencioni’s ‘Five Dysfunctions’ – the natural pitfalls teams often fall prey to in the work environment that reduces team effectiveness.

Conflict between team members can damage relationships and ultimately the effectiveness of that team. Here we offer advice on how to manage conflict within a team.

A model which can be used to foster better understanding and co-operation within teams.

The computer mediated communication experts outline their thinking on the effect of trust on the performance of virtual teams. We review their thinking.

Here we review and summarise the work of Kaplan and Bower, who described the application of Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard approach to managing the performance of executive teams.

We demonstrate the importance of balancing the roles individuals play in a team by applying them to a Hollywood filmmaking team.

Multidisciplinary teams are composed of more than one group working together to reach a common goal. Here we show the benefits of multidisciplinary teamworking and offer tips on how to make such a team successful.

This article describes the the purpose of a team contract and how to create and use one effectively.

This article will help a team to consider the current image that they portray and to come up with useful ways of improving it.

Although it may be convenient to think that organisations possess a single homogenous culture, in practice this is rarely the case. Subcultures exist in all organisations, affecting work both within and outwith teams. We look at how they can form and the impacts they can have.

In this article, we look at why focussing on problem-solving rather than apportioning blame helps to cultivate a more positive and productive working environment, not only in teams but in organisations as a whole.

This article looks at some of the ways you can help create the right environment for successful collaboration between teams.

Guidelines to help you to create a positive and productive working atmosphere within your team.

This methodology has been designed to help team leaders or managers deal with an individual who does not act as a team player.