Key take-aways

• There is a number of defining features that guide you in determining the boundaries of your "team".
• Effective teams require investment – but provide benefits which are hard to replicate individually and warrant the investment
• Not every collective effort calls for a team – sometimes a working group simply relying on specified and non-interdependent individual contributions is enough
• You probably need to invest in a team when dealing with a complex or ill-defined task requiring collaboration and interdependent individual contributions
• In order to drive team performance, you need look into the design and practice six key dimensions of teams: purpose and goals, membership and skills, leadership and accountability, rules and behaviors, communication and relationships, and tension and conflict.

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