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Teams will be more effective if members learn how to be constructive parts of a team and how teams function. There are many team-building tools, icebreakers and activities to use. Icebreakers can help shift participants out of individual work mode into the group effort of a team. Team exercises such as, “creating a survival list while stranded on an island,” are effective.

==Related Best Practices==

*[[Building a Team]]
*[[Action plan to build a winning team]]

==Resources==
* [http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2012/10/01/6-ways-successful-teams-are-built-to-last/ ''“6 Ways Successful Teams are Built to Last”''] Forbes, Oct, 2012; Glenn Llopis discusses leadership techniques that build a team.
* [[wikipedia : Team building]] Wikipedia page discusses more generally team building in multiple settings.
* [http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/pubs/hrguidearticle/chapter-14-team-building/ “Guide to Managing Human Resources, Chapter 14: Team Building”]University of California, San Francisco – review steps to building and effective team and organizational benefits
* [http://www.ted.com/speakers/tom_wujec.html ''“Build a Tower Build a Team”''], TED talk by Tom Wujec – lessons learned from teams building a tower from simple materials.

==Author==

The author of this page is Terry Gardiner

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