Techniques for making Teams effective

1. Set Guidelines:
   
   • Identification of what drives the team.
   • Clearly defined goals. Members should have clear understanding of the goals.
   • Clearly defined authority, responsibility and accountability.
   • Optimal size of team members.
   • Leader who leads the team.
   • Issues to be focused
   • Plans to set targets.
2.  Focus Teams on Performance:
• Skills of team members should be appropriate and relevant. Members should be provided with training.
• Cordial interpersonal relations should be developed.
• Motivation of members should be high.
• Commitment of team members should be total.
• Communication should be open and flow in all directions.
• Top management should create environment of commitment and trust.
• Performance evaluation should be a continuous process.
3. Revisit Work Design
• Autonomy: It is responsibility for what one does. It provides freedom in decision making.
• Skill variety: It is variety in the use of abilities and skills. Lack of variety leads to boredom.
• Task identity: It is doing the whole piece of work. It provides a sense of accomplishment.
• Task significance: It is the feeling that the work has meaning to people inside and outside the organization.
4. Manage Conflicts within Team
• Creating mutual trust among members.
• Unified commitment to team goals.
• Open communication with active listening. Removing barriers to communication.
• Effective leadership.