Do You Really Need a Team?

If You Need a Team, You Need Support

You may have decided at this point that achieving the results your organization is asking for clearly warrants forming a team. But no team works in a vacuum. Teams have to function in the context of your organization and its culture. Recruiting team members doesn’t guarantee that they will work as a team. Even if you choose the individual members with great care and regard to their skills and expertise, the group may never jell into a team. If your organization can’t or won’t support the team you’ve decided to form, or if it won’t reward team achievements the same way it recognizes individual achievements, ...