Six Characteristics of an Effective and Memorable Team
Few weeks ago, I was at an off-site meeting. As part of warm up exercise, all attendees were ask to talk about their most memorable team experience.
As I took notes, a pattern began to emerge. Following characteristic came up again and again:
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Laser focus on execution
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Coming together of different personalities
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Lack of clear direction
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Do or Die situations
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There to create something
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Knew their strengths and limitations
So looks like if diversity, ambiguity on how to achieve the goals, focus, do/die, clear purpose for the team and for team-members are present, it is a memorable experience.
One more thing to note: not all projects were success. The products/projects may have failed, but the participants felt the teams were at their possible best.
This raises some interesting questions:
- If such conditions are created, will any team become highly effective?
- Or, is this non-commutative?
Thoughts?
Image: Bernard Goldbach
