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“I am easily satisfied with the very best. ”
—Winston Churchill

Have you ever been in this situation?: You have been given a critical task to do, told to recruit other people (who do not report to you), and get the work done right away.

How about this situation?:You are newly assigned to an existing team.When you join, you notice that the team has no real leadership, no one understands the team's task, nobody tracks action items, meetings are called without agendas, action items are not done on time...and everyone is unhappy about wasting their time.

Sound familiar?Let's talk about effective teams...and how we can help you with your team-related challenges.First, a short definition of teams:

“A team is a small number of people with complementary skills, who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and an approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. ” - The Wisdom of Teams, Katzenbach and Smith

Groups that call themselves teams usually have:

  • A reason or purpose for working together
  • Need for each other’s experience, ability & commitment to obtain mutual goals
  • Belief that working together will lead to more effective output than working alone
  • Group accountability within the larger organization.

Most organizations fail to achieve the benefits of effective team work, because they do not, or do not consistently, apply basic processes and tools in a systematic and disciplined way.

AdVantage Consulting can help unleash the full potential of your teams. Your teams will learn:

  • The dynamic nature of team work and how to influence performance as a team leader and a team member
  • How a set of integrated methods and tools, when applied in a disciplined manner, will consistently produce focused and productive team work over the lifetime of the team
  • To reduce the time from formation to effective team performance for new teams
  • To reenergize existing teams
Every team has a personality or character all its own.The character is a reflection of the agreements reached as the team begins its life, as well as a product of the team’s experiences.A team’s character determines how it will respond to the surprises that inevitably arise during the life of the team.

Over its life cycle, a team will experience several transitions. Recognizing and managing transitions is a deliberate process that effective teams do well. When teams manage transitions, they:
  • Take specific actions to move to the next phase
  • Work with project or team sponsors to initiate supportive actions to help the team and its members address the changing situation

The concepts and tools available through AdVantage Consultingwill allow you to balance your desired results against the degree of investment (support) you are willing to make (provide), and in turn help you make all of your teams as effective as they were meant to be!!
 
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