What’s a Successful Team?
A team’s success is determined by several factors. But no matter what, a team’s success is reflected on its outcomes and its members. According to Kanaga and Browning (2003), you can say a team is successful if
- The Outcomes, products, services, ideas, or recommendations meet or exceed stakeholder expectations.
- The Members of the team feel satisfied with the process and the product of their effort.
- Team Members have learned lessons that will make themselves and the organization more effective in future initiatives.
But, how do you get there? How do you build a successful team? Well, the answer lies in the definition of a team.
“A Team is a group of people who are interdependent, who share common goals, and who must coordinate their activities to achieve those goals”. (Northouse, 2004).
At the core of the team is the people and their relationships with the common goals as their driving force. It’s up to the leader to maintain and nurture the processes and clarity to never deviate from the ultimate goal of the team.
Tomorrow I’ll talk about the success factors the leader has to observe in order to have a successful team.
LEADERSHIP ACTIONS
Reflect about your past experiences and try to answer the next questions
- Have you worked on successful teams?
- From your point of view, What where conditions/factors that led the team to success?
- Could you repeat the success of that team?
Further Investigation and References
Northouse, P.G. (2004) “Leadership Theory and Practice” (3rd Ed)
Sage Publications
Kanaga, K.; Browning, H. (2003)“Mantaining Team Performance”
Center for Creative Leadership
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