HOWE Q. WALLACE BLOG

Key Questions to Build an Effective Team

What makes a team effective?

You can answer this as a teammate or leader. But here are the questions for which everyone needs answers:

  • Does each player understand their job and how the team prospers when that job is done well?
  • Is there a premium placed on good, honest, and transparent communication?Β Is all the information at hand to do each job well?
  • Is each person developing skills and abilities that increase their value to the team and to the world?
  • Do teammates respect each other and work to add to each other’s effectiveness?
  • Do we feel good about the services and products we provide?Β Do we have pride in what we do?
  • Is it easy to be on this team?Β Is it easy to do what is expected of me without unnecessary obstacles in the way?

Honest answers to these questions identify areas where our teams can get better.

As the questions arise and shortcomings are identified, the best place to start fixing them is through discussion among your team.

Discuss it. Consider some options. Try something different.Β It’s the β€œlean” path to excellence.

-Howe Q. Wallace Jr