People who form, lead, and work in teams frequently undermine their teams' effectiveness in predictable, but avoidable, ways. What are some of the common – and yet, often overlooked – mistakes that people experience in teams?

Drawing on decades of research about teams, this lecture will identify the most common pitfalls that prevent teams from functioning at their best and share effective steps for both team leaders and team members to overcome these problems.

As the Singapore Public Service continues to evolve and respond to the challenges faced, we find ourselves relying more on teams to complete complex tasks and projects. What enables a team to be effective? What does team effectiveness means? These questions will be answered during the workshop. This full-day workshop will draw from over 50 years of team effectiveness research and tap on participants’ real life experiences to develop a practical approach of running teams effectively.
Find out what are the six main conditions that either push teams towards or deter them from performing at their best. You will also learn how to use these conditions as a tool to diagnose the health of your teams in your own organisation. Finally, learn how to identify and develop interventions that OD practitioners can employ to support the launch and development of effective teams over time.

Workshop Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Identify the 6 key conditions that enable team effectiveness for any kind of team
- Identify 3 key junctures in the life of a team when they are especially open to intervention
- Develop an effective process for getting teams started on a positive trajectory
- Diagnose the level of team effectiveness and the causes limiting its effectiveness
- Know how to design appropriate interventions that can improve team effectiveness at various points of the team’s life cycle (e.g. beginning, midpoint, & near end)