TEAM PERFOMANCE.

Running Head: TEAM PERFOMANCE 1
Team performance
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TEAM PERFOMANCE 2
Team performance
After conducting the self-directed team assessment, the total average set now
amounted to 15 while the overall average variance was approximately 6.5. The results
indicate that the work team is performing below its desired performance level. This means
that various performance barriers are affecting the work team to the extent that the team is
performing below its expected level.
From the results obtained after conducting the self-directed assessment and through
an in-depth analysis of the team behaviours used as parameters to the assessment, one can
outline poor planning as one of the barriers affecting the work team performance. Most of the
team members are there as an edict from the tutor. Most of the members didn’t take their time
to plan on what they want to do in the team and how they will do it. Therefore, the member’s
contribution to the work team goals and objectives are minimal. Due to poor goal planning,
the work team lacks well-defined goals to which the team is geared to achieve (White,
Eklund, McNeal, Hochhalter & Arroliga, 2018). This barricades the utilization of each
member’s talents since there is no way to pool those talents to achieve the team results.
Another barrier that inhibits the work team performance is poor leadership. When a
work team lacks an effective leader who would establish the governing policies geared
towards achieving its calls, then it ends up being unproductive. In the spirit of collective
responsibility, an effective team leader would delegate the roles of leading and facilitating the
work team tasks and assignments (Johnson, 2015). A team leader is responsible for
motivating and instilling confidence to the team members to enhance cohesiveness. Only a
visionary leader with effective managerial skills can be in a position to do that.
Every person is endowed with their specific personality. When the personality of
different team members clashes, the work team will perform dismally. Some members who