Deck 21: Leading Teams

Question 1

What are the common stages in team development?

Answer 1

a. Formation
b. Rule Making (Forming Norms)
c. Performing
d. Reforming (Dissolving and Reforming)

Question 2

What happens if you don't pay attention to purpose and leadership up front in the transformation of a group into a team?

Answer 2

a. The team dissipates energy and continues to struggle with those issues.

Question 3

Name common roles that appear in new teams:

Answer 3

$\bullet$ Dominant speaker
• Tuned-out person: doesn't want to be there
• Quiet mouse: never speaks
• Creative wild duck: all over the map
• Referee: "Whoa, slow down, don't get heated up"
• Task-oriented person: "Let's get this done and over with" (regardless of how good it is)
• Pragmatic person: "Will this really work?" "How can we make this work?"
• Devil's advocate: no matter what anyone says, this person is opposed to it
• Options, options, options: always more, "We could do this or that"

Question 4

Forming and Reforming Teams can be a source of strategic competitive advantage.

Question 5

What issues need to be attended to during a team's life cycle?