With more people working on teams—and with companies relying on teams performance more than ever—they need success tools to help them understand what the team needs not just as individuals but collectively.
by Joyce Hames
Successful companies today move quickly. They do it by knowing how to adapt and adjust to constant changes, make smart decisions and collaborate to achieve common goals. And teams are the engine that make it all possible.
Rather than filtering work down through layers of directive management, organizations are handing over the reins to teams and empowering them to make things happen. It’s one of the reasons McKinsey calls small, independent teams “the lifeblood of the agile organization.”
But no matter how skilled and talented people are on their own, there’s no guarantee they’ll automatically work together productively as a team. In fact, when you bring together a group of accomplished, intelligent people with their own perspectives and preferences,