Problem:
There are many different types of teams to be found in the workplace. However, no matter what label is assigned to the team, there are still fundamentals that make the team successful. According to Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith (1993), the highest performing team?aptly named as the "High Performing Team"?is not only "committed to a common purpose, goals, and working approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable," but they are also "deeply committed to one another's personal growth and success."
With that in mind, consider this question that you get from a protege you are mentoring: "We have various work groups on the plant floor. Some seem to work better together than others. Why is that?"