Whenever teams are formed in organisations they fall within two particular types. The "formal" team is the department or section created within a recognised structure to pursue specific goals. "Informal" teams are created to deal with a particular situation: their members have fewer fixed organisational relationships and they disband after fulfilling their function (e.g. Bid Teams).

In either sense all teams share certain features and these can be broadly described as follows:

Shared or agreed common goals

A common working "language" or protocols

The ability to manage relationships as well as tasks.

Similarly, the balance of the personalities and their preferred team roles will also influence team performance. Carlton Stewart offer a range of programmes designed to accelerate the stages of team development and individual contribution through the achievement of agreed team strategies.

The design of each team development programme would naturally be bespoke to the team and organisation in question, but typically might include the following:

Team Members and Leaders undertake initial audit to identify potential issues and blockages to development

Team Leaders attend Team Leadership Module - learning to influence and build co-operation across multi-discipline teams

Teams meet in facilitated event to determine "Content" (Strategy, Aims and Objectives) & "Process" (Team Protocols, Values and Behaviours)

Team performance is monitored over time – against Content and Process measures, by observation and feedback

Formal team review takes place in alignment with Team Objectives / Strategy.

Outcomes

Full participation in such a programme will:

Swiftly enable a unified approach for newly formed and existing teams, increasing effectiveness and accelerating development and achievement

Promote effective Team Leadership enabling creative, action oriented team performance and a winning team spirit

Enable individuals to understand their role within the team in order to make an effective personal contribution in the pursuit of challenging team goals

Introduce team processes that underpin continuous improvement in both the quality of team performance and the quality of team leadership.

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