Teams That Work

Stories from The Boeing Company, Loews Corporation, Michigan State University, Cornell University’s Hotel School and alumni, Bank of Hawaii, HR Spinner, the NCAA, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles illustrate how effective teams drive progress in business, associations and education. The six key characteristics of successful teams, as described by the Partners of the Effectiveness Institute, provide the framework for an enlightening discussion of what it takes for a team to produce great results.

Stories from The Boeing Company, Loews Corporation, Michigan State University, Cornell University’s Hotel School and alumni, Bank of Hawaii, HR Spinner, the NCAA, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles illustrate how effective teams drive progress in business, associations and education. The six key characteristics of successful teams, as described by the Partners of the Effectiveness Institute, provide the framework for an enlightening discussion of what it takes for a team to produce great results.

Cliff Chirls, Managing Partner of the Effectiveness Institute, is also an executive coach focusing on operational excellence. Through strategic insights into the people strengths, market position and material resources that organizations possess he helps clients build great businesses. He has 30 years of technology industry management experience, has published articles on various information processing topics, and has written on the collaboration of marketing and sales in firms where those two functions’ interests typically collide. He is also the inventor of our patented phone app.