Strengthening Your Team

Here is some good practical advice for ED organizations.

Organizations increasingly turn to teams to get work done, but institutional barriers can quickly corral collaboration. Harvard Management Update reports on the merits of presenting your team with an irresistible challenge. Here are five actions you can take to strengthen your team:

1. Share as much information as you can.
2. Provide the right amount of guidance.
3. "Stretch" your people beyond their current skills.
4. Make it fun, actionable, and visible.
5. Help people "feel" the challenge.

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