Effective Teams

As you assemble a cross functional team you want to make sure you look at experience of each member of your team and make sure you get someone from each area that is needed. Petra was a good choice for the assessor and adviser role for my team. She had been known for her great leadership roles as well as teaching roles in the classroom. With a great leader in charge of the team, with knowledge of teaching Petra can keep people on task and teach them about role responsibility and time management skills. When it came to the creator you need someone with the experience in design, and someone who will listen to ideas. Amrita had get knowledge and had so much experience in luxury car design it was hard to pass up that kind of knowledge or experience. When someone is trying to control the project and organize the team to be effective you need someone you has great project management skills, Marcell had these skills and that’s why he fit the controller and organizer for my team. When looking for a promoter and maintainer you want someone who is creative. Janice has a lot of experience in the personal relations department, was known for getting what she wanted, and she was very creative. She was a perfect fit for her role on this team, being creative with a new product, and getting what she wants could be a huge advantage to this new car. The last role the linker and producer need experience in manufacturing and John fit that role.
At know point do you ever want to single and one person out, or take a step backwards in the process. When looking at each problem you want to make sure the team knows that they are important and the work they are doing is good. If they need to go in a different direction you try to lead them there and if they are stress out try to reward them for the work they have done. Employees need to know that their work is valued, and that you see the hard work, and sometimes pushed in a different direction. Each employee has their strengths and...