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What makes a successful team?
Published: 3rd February 2005
This article appeared in the Jewish Tribune.
Are you a leader, a doer, a thinker or a
carer? If you’re not sure a new survey devised by a London firm
of accountants could tell you.
By answering some simple questions Glazers
can let you know what type of person you are and use those results to
maximise team work within your business.
Leanne Leigh, director of strategy at Glazers,
says that in order for a team to work successfully together and to maximise
its full potential, “it is essential that a team consists of members
with complementary skills, style and knowledge.”
Leanne Leigh goes on to assert that people
normally have a style that they prefer to adopt when in a team and there
are plenty of different models and processes that can be used to assess
personalities and team styles. For example, leaders like to take charge,
doers like to achieve things, thinkers like to plan, and carers consider
the impact of the plan and the action of others.
“All four styles are required to exist
in a team,” she says, “with all being equally important. It
is important to consider what style you and others are when selecting
and working in a team.”
So what would happen if a team was not balanced?
All leaders = Conflict, everyone wants to be in charge
All doers = Lots of action, little strategy
All thinkers = No action
All carers = Few hard decisions
Questions asked in the questionnaire include:
I go out of my way to encourage people in the group
I listen carefully to what others have to say
I am inclined to get impatient with people who beat about the bush.
At this time of year when businessmen are
doing some self-assessment, this is a less taxing variety of a similar
exercise.
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