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Review the Harvard Business School reprint, Leading Teams  http://i-mba.dmst.aueb.gr/html/det/Leading_and_Managing_Teams-_Polzer_note_on_HBS_2003__9877.pdf

Consider the criteria for successful teams and the factors needed to ensure teams are structured for success.

Create a plan (750-1,000 words) describing the steps necessary to create more successful teams at various levels within your organization (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center). Include the following in the plan:

Define the characteristics and structure of successful teams within your organization. How are independent teams vital to the success of your organization?

1  What are important factors to consider when leading teams within the various levels of the organization?

2  What factors are important to consider when leading teams at the executive level?

3  What aspects are essential in identifying appropriate members for teams and ensuring the teams are successfully launched?

4  What factors are important to ongoing team dynamics? Describe guidelines to evaluate the function and productivity of teams.

5  Compassion is a significant attribute of many religions and philosophies, including a Christian worldview, as well as being important for both authentic and servant leadership. As a leader, how would you empower your teams through compassion to honor diversity and support equality for all members as they work toward a common goal?