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As leader, there must be a clear understanding of:

i) Team properties
• common background/history (or lack of it)

• participation patterns
• communication
• cohesiveness
• atmosphere

• standards
• structure
• organisation

• changes over time (forming, storming, norming and performing)
both progressive and regressive

• how to change the team properties in evidence.
ii) Team roles being defined, but with room left for individual
personality

iii) Team member functions
• distinction between content (the what) and process (the how)
of group functioning
• difference between behaviour related to the task and behaviour
related to maintenance of the team and that behaviour which
expresses individual idiosyncrasies
• team leader functions (as above).

iv) The individual
• balancing interests and self-expression of individuals and the
team
• the value of the task draws individuals/team together
• having sound values motivates individuals in teams.

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