What makes a team work can feel like a mystery. While you can't guarantee success, you can give your team a better chance by being sure it has the following:
1. A common purpose. Most teams form as a result of an outside mandate. To work together effectively, team members need to rally around a meaningful purpose they've embraced as their own.
2. A mix of complementary skills. It's dangerous for everyone on a team to have the same skills and perspective. Look for people with varying technical and functional expertise who bring different approaches to problem-solving and decision-making.
3. Mutual accountability. You cannot coerce commitment. The process of agreeing on a goal together will forge trust and build the team's accountability to one another.
So, whenever you form a team, ask yourself - do we have all these 3 essential characteristics?
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