While the level of detail presented is cumbersome, their point is well taken. Gather and analyze information to determine the key activities impacting output of the team. Spend time defining critical roles and responsibilities of team members. Plan and chart leadership roles and make plans for shifting responsibilities over time. And finally, select strong team members by identifying critical skill dimensions and using assessment tools for selection.
Training is an ongoing essential element for leaders and teams members.
It provides critical core skills and ongoing skills that assist teams in continuing to develop. Empowered Teams is an excellent how-to manual complete with a bibliography of researched articles and books and a description of their organizational survey. Its strength is its strong research base and conceptual components. Team concepts are well thought out and presented, supported with graphs, and charts that are very useful. It is designed more with the professional manager or consultant in mind, someone who is responsible for the planning and implementation of self-directed work teams in an organization.