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Dr. Sumbul Tahir

High-performance teams: The myth realized

High-performance teams perform better and keep their team members more satisfied than regular teams. In this CQ Dossier, we introduce you to the main characteristics of high-performance teams and make recommendations on how to develop such teams.

Teams are first choice to solve complex problems. We provide evidence-based practices on team performance management.

Dr. Annette Towler

How to effectively lead teams through performance management

This CQ Dossier focuses on how organizations can effectively manage and lead teams through effective performance management. Organizations have focused on using teams to increase organizational effectiveness, yet many of these practices have not always been based on scientific principles.

Team Performance Management, Performance feedback, Performance management, Transformational Leadership, High Performance Team

Team Mental Models are a means to improve team performance confirmed by research

Dr. Markus Nini

All on the same page: How Team Mental Models (TMM) increase team performance

Team Mental Models is a team level phenomenon that derives from team member's cognition and has a positive impact on team performance. This CQ Dossier introduces the Team Mental Model concept, reviews the body of evidence supporting the Team Mental Model - team performance relationship.

High Performance Team, Shared mental models, Team Mental Models

Team dynamics is a key concept in management and provides insights into how to improve team performance

Dr. Markus Nini

The importance of team dynamics for team performance and how to improve it

In this CQ Dossier we focus on team dynamics and how they influence team behaviors and team performance. Team dynamics are unconscious psychological forces that affect how team members interact and work together on tasks and projects.

Team Dynamics, Team cohesion, Team Performance Management, High Performance Team

Team cohesion is an important management tool to improve team effectiveness

Dr. Annette Towler

The importance of team cohesion for team effectiveness

This CQ Dossier examines the importance of team cohesion on team performance and organizational effectiveness. The notion of team cohesion has been an important topic for the past 70 decades with a plethora of knowledge concerning its role in team and organizational effectiveness.

Team cohesion, High Performance Team, Team Dynamics

Teams have task-relevant knowledge, share a high level of communication and adapt to the environment

Dr. Annette Towler

The power of teams and how create the right environment to harness it

This CQ Dossier describes the key characteristics of effective teams. The dossier draws on research that show how effective teams operate through coordination, communication, and shared cognition. The dossier describes how organizations can provide human resource practices such as employee training to ensure that teams are successful in reaching their missions and goals.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, High Performance Team, Team Building, Team Dynamics, Workplace communication