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"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." - Henry Ford We do everything in teams these days. We have teams in our private lives, such as sports teams and church groups. We have a multitude of teams in our workplaces, like product teams, department teams, leadership teams, and task teams. We even can be members of teams when we have never seen our teammates...so-called "virtual teams". Teams are everywhere. When you are a member of a successful team, it is a tremendously gratifying experience. You feel a sense of accomplishment that is extremely powerful and fulfilling. It is almost as if you are one mind and one body working together. Conversely, we have all spent time being on a team that did not function well, where conflict was rampant, where hidden agendas and a "me first" attitude contributed to a lack of trust, a negative experience so overwhelming that we simply could not wait to have it end. Teams are relationship-driven. In a traditional setting, employee interaction often involves interaction only with the supervisor and one or two other employees.But in a team setting, team members are expected to carry more responsibility for the overall planning and execution of the work itself. Therefore, the opportunity for disagreement grows. The good news is that the positive experience is not an accident. The factors that work to make a team a smooth, cohesive, high functioning unit are known and repeatable. To help make your teams the best they can be, Advantage Consulting offers customized training programs and interventions in the following areas:
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