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Tips for building great teams, applies to agile technology and general business
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Building Great teams
Nicola DourambeisOctober 24, 2013
Nicola DourambeisVP Agile Infrastructure DeliverySalesforce.com
Owner of Purple Agility LLC
Start up, consulting and large company veteran.
What is a team? (According to wikipedia)
A team comprises a group of people or animals linked in a common
purpose.
A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams
normally have members with complementary skills and generate
synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to
maximize his/her strengths and minimize his/her weaknesses.
Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other
team members realize their true potential, and create an
environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations.
A team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong
sense of mutual commitment creates synergy, thus generating
performance greater than the sum of the performance of its
individual members.
Team size?
Ok, I have a team
Now how do I make it great?
and…
Shared goals:sense of purpose and accountability
Diverse skills and experience
Persistent
Physically together
Got it!
Now what could go wrong?
A story about Phil and his team…
Or Lucy and me…
Yikes!
What could be done
differently?
Build and rebuild Trust
Don’t shy away from conflict
Agree on who does what(which is different from roles and responsibilities)
Have regular retrospectives
Why is it so important to
focus on team health for
great teams?
Get more doneCreate better solutions
Have more fun