Training 001 | Page 15

The Traditional Team  There are several characteristics common to traditional teams.  A team gains a shared understanding and purpose among team members, as distinguished from a group.  Teams require mutually agreed-upon operating principles such as agendas, procedures, and decision-making processes.  A team is interdependent; everyone works for the good of the team, not for oneself.  Effective teams distinguish task from process. How they do things (the process) is just as important, if not more important, than what they do (the task).