Strengths Memo

According the results gathered from Dyer et. al.’s assessment (pages 77-81), our team has an appropriate level of competence. Although this is good, we always aim for improvement and will pinpoint a few areas for which this is possible. Looking through the results, we see a trend in lower scores for questions concerning team metrics. From this, we can conclude that our team is in need of developing stronger evaluation procedures so that we’re able to effectively monitor our team’s progress in both quantitative and qualitative manners. To do so, the team leaders would start by discussing what goals have been set and the nature of each goal. Can a certain goal be measured quantitatively or would it be better measured qualitatively? Then, goals would be aligned with certain measures to be performed periodically (timeline to be determined on a goal-by-goal basis). Another point for further improvement is the development of our procedures. Our meetings tend to be informal and decision making processes vary, but we can see how it would be beneficial to the productivity of our team to regulate those procedures for the future. To do this, we’d look at the existing procedures that have worked for us and generalize them so that it’s possible to use them in different situations. Once creating a procedure for conducting team meetings, we’ll create a procedure for formal decision making, etc. Having a go-to procedure for various situations will streamline our team and allow for more productive work. By working on these two weaknesses, we can turn them into strengths for our team and add them to existing strengths of team communication, participation, and collaboration. With these strengths backing us, our team will have magnified opportunities for success.