Form a team

• Form a team of stakeholders with different perspectives and expertise to work together on the problem.

Implementing complex projects like acquisitions or IT overhauls demands teams that are large, diverse, virtual, and filled with specialized knowledge. To address this, London Business School’s Gratton and Concours Institute’s Erickson studied 55 large teams, identifying eight key factors for successful collaboration. These include unique relationship-building practices tailored to the company’s needs, executive role models promoting teamwork, fostering a culture of mentorship over transactional interactions, training in interpersonal skills, creating a sense of community through group activities, leaders who balance task and relationship focus, forming teams with members who have pre-existing trust, and defining roles clearly while allowing flexibility in methods.

Read more in: Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams – Even the largest and most complex teams can work together effectively if the right conditions are in place. by Lynda Gratton and Tamara J. Erickson (2007).

Available at: https://hbr.org/2007/11/eight-ways-to-build-collaborative-teams