Suggests there is misplaced overemphasis on individual competence levels and not enough attention paid to team competency. Feels that individual competencies need to be seen in the context of what a team requires to perform well. Presents nine major team competency factors and a resulting team...

Posits that quality performance requires a team effort and that success depends mostly on an individual′s ability to manage people as well as materials. Presents the Margerison‐McCann Team Performance Index (TPI) as a means to measure this. Concludes that the key to using the TPI is in...

Outlines five communication skills suggested to the authors as being of major importance: enquiring, diagnosing, summarizing, proposing and directing. Presents the relationship of these skills to either a problem‐centred or solution‐centred focus by way of an easy‐to‐use model. Outlines...

Outlines the eight main types of work on offer in any organization and presents a “teamwork wheel” which incorporates these eight categories and the skill of “liking” which is common to all types of work. Gives the results of a questionnaire which aimed to indicate the work preferences...