A common fear among employees is that individual contributions may be overshadowed by the team, he adds. Compensation is particularly important to cross-cultural teams. It requires flexibility and commitment and a related reward system so people are willing to make that extra effort. In fact, team compensation is such a hot issue that corporate presenters at CSWT's compensation conferences are practically attacked by attendees who are scrambling for more information on how to reward teams. Likewise, return on investment is a key concern of employers.
Nobody knows how to put it on a ledger sheet and make decisions about it.
The CSWT, however, is partnering with its corporate sponsors to develop a system to track what teams cost and how they pay off. Everyone's a leader Teamwork experts note that effective teams are cultivating more effective leaders throughout their companies. Not only are more people expected to act in leadership roles as appointed team leaders, but everybody on a team is expected to chip in on leadership responsibilities. In the past, team leaders typically told people what to do and they did it, he says. Today, teamwork is a dynamic process, and as teams mature and become self-managing, the hierarchy naturally becomes more horizontal.