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GOODREAD BOOK GIVEAWAYS   Enter to win one of three copies of each book. There is no cost to enter this contest. 50 Tips for Terrific Teams October 20-November 20th, 2013 High Performance Team Coaching November 10-December 10th, 2013 Enjoy! Catherine and Jacqueline...

Team design and structure counts for about 60% of effectiveness! So to be effective team leaders need take the time to properly design their team for success and set up the structure that will facilitate team effectiveness, before they focus on interpersonal dynamics and group processes (Hackman and O’Connor, 2005; Hackman and Wageman, 2005; Wageman et al., 2008)....

Maximize Effectiveness by Having 10 Members or Less

There has been hundreds of years of research on what the ideal team size is to optimize performance. Even as early as the 1800s, a French agricultural engineer named Maximilian Ringleman discovered that when more people pulled on a rope, each individual contributed less effort. He coined the term “social loafing” and many researchers since then have confirmed this...

Set The Conditions For Team Success

Creating the conditions for team success is so critical that team structure and design alone accounts for 60 per cent of team effectiveness (Hackman, 2011). Front-end loading matters, so take the time to set things up well. No matter how great a house looks on the outside, any reputable contractor knows that what really counts is the structure—the quality of both...

Watch this Blog page for bi-weekly tips for Terrific Teams. We will be posting useful ideas and practical steps you can take. This week’s excerpt from 50 Tips for Terrific Teams starts with some introductory comments and Tip 1. Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward...