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We conducted a research on what challenges people world over are facing while working with teams.
We researched online resources and took opinion of professionals and experts.

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* Source: Google Trends

Our findings from talking to professionals about challenges they face while working with teams effectively

Their answers covered a variety of factors ranging from management issues, infrastructure to interpersonal and behavioral problems.

While you picked as the top problem, the group listed Direction from managementas the first challenge. Roles and responsibilities not cleared defined or communicated came a close second.
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Some of the other challenges reported are: –

• Diversity in teams; Regional conflicts; Lack of team spirit;     Lack of inclusive work environment; Lack of team support
• No information sharing; Insecurity in the team; Secrecy 
• Ego issues; No respect for other team members; Not             following hierarchy
• Lack of ownership of work; Lack of accountability 

In addition to the challenges listed above almost everybody said that miscommunication within the teams is a big issue.

Now let us look at what some experts are saying

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Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, differentiates between …

The fearless Organization places a lot of emphasis on psychological safety that is required for team’s high-performance. Psychological safety is defined as “a belief that one will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes.” (in a group)

Rita McGrath in her article on Team Effectiveness gives an example of world’s top business leader Alan Mulally, CEO Ford Motor Company who invested a lot of time and energy in building world-class team that turned around the business. Rita goes on to talk about ‘team meetings’ which are so relevant in today’s virtual meetings era. There is an interesting exercise on how to get commitment from the team members about behavior in a team meeting.

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