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- Clarify the common goals and purposes
- Clarify each person’s role in achieving the common purpose.
- Put team members in touch with the people who use what they do
- Pay attention to conflicts when they arise
- Work out ways to resolve conflicts
- Remember your leadership role
- Make sure team members interact at meetings
- Allow team members to have input into their jobs
- Make sure there is room for minority or unpopular views
- Appraise and reward the team as a whole
- Appraise and reward each employee individually, including a review of his or her teamwork
- Communicate team successes
Written with the help of Elizabeth Bakken, B.A., M.A.
