Question about Building Effective Teams
Scenario: You are now in a planning meeting with the four HR Managers and the Corporate HR director.
Ace Consulting will need to use approximately 1/2 of their current staff to continue servicing only customers in their own region. The remaining sales force will serve the needs of the global customers that are part of the new strategic direction. Use all materials at your disposal, the Library and the Internet, as well as your own business understanding, to address at least two of the following questions/areas you are discussing in the meeting. Identify the criteria you would use to select members for the global sales teams.
Problem:
1. Decide which type of team or combination of types of teams would best serve the needs of Ace Consulting. How would you begin to build such a team?
2. How you would begin the process of building trust on these newly formed global teams? How would you compensate for their geographic remoteness? Include ideas from your own experience where you saw good teamwork because team members trusted each other.