The Leadership Japan Series By Dale Carnegie Training Japan

How To Become A Team Builder Extraordinaire   In our organization, we may be asked to create a new division, new section, create a new team around a new piece of business or create a project team.  Well then, where should we start?  What is the best practice around doing this?  Is there a handy road map we can follow, to make this a bit more friction free?  Fortunately, we don’t have to work this out for ourselves or use any expensive  trial and error construct.  There are six stages for establishing an effective team.   Stage One: Formation The team leader’s job in the “forming” stage is to create a team bristling with trust, establish a clear structure, set the goals and direction and assign roles according to experience, fit, potential and capability.  In the first days, a lot of energy will be spent defining the team and its responses.  This is especially the case around determining what we are not going to do, just as much as what we will do.  The planning work is in Quadrant Two of time management – not