Dr. Robert Ginnett of the Center for Creative Leadership has developed the Team Effectiveness Leadership Model, which can be used to identify what is required for a team to be effective and point the leader either toward the roadblocks that are hindering the team or toward ways to make the team even more effective. One way to explore the model is to go through it in reverse order looking at outputs first, then the process stage, and then inputs. An Example Outputs .
Outputs are the results of the team's work.
And an equally important result of a team working effectively is the satisfaction its members derive from that work as individuals. Those team results depend on the group process and the inputs available to the team. The model identifies four Process Criteria yardsticks managers can use to examine the ways in which teams work. Research has shown consistently that effective group dynamics are the foundation upon which other team work proceeds. If the team is ultimately to achieve the valued outcome measures of effectiveness, a firm foundation of effective group process is critical.