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Launching and leading intense teams

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  • Webber, Sheila Simsarian
  • Webber, David S.

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Collaborative work environments and team-based structures are commonly used across different types of organizations. Leaders increasingly need models for leading in complex intense teaming situations. To understand the team leader's role, it is important to appreciate and know the dynamics of teamwork, including how teams develop over time and the teaming elements that are important for success. By understanding the stages of team development and the dynamics occurring within a team setting, leaders can focus initiatives that are directed at certain critical moments for the team and build positive team dynamics. Team leaders should leverage the natural timelines that are part of running a project to effectively manage team dynamics to achieve high performance. Two crucial moments for the team leader are building and launching the team for a new project initiative. Following the project launch, teams start to collaborate and begin the performing and evaluating cycle toward goal accomplishment. In this article, we discuss our work with team leaders across industries to define and describe the role of a team leader, report on research focused on team dynamics and development, identify initiatives for team leaders to significantly improve the performance of intense teams, and specify strategies team leaders can use to turn around underperforming teams. We offer a new model for understanding the stages of team development and build this model to integrate important leadership tasks at each stage.

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  • Webber, Sheila Simsarian & Webber, David S., 2015. "Launching and leading intense teams," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 58(4), pages 449-457.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:bushor:v:58:y:2015:i:4:p:449-457
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2015.03.009
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    1. Webber, Sheila Simsarian & Detjen, Jodi & MacLean, Tammy L. & Thomas, Dominic, 2019. "Team challenges: Is artificial intelligence the solution?," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 62(6), pages 741-750.
    2. Gazzoli, Gabriel & Shabazz, Siddeeq M. & Arnold, Todd J. & Kim, Peter B., 2023. "Why do frontline employees speak up on behalf of customers? The influence of supervisors versus coworkers and the role of intrapersonal factors," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).

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