With team development, the popular formula for creating high-performing teams focuses on finding individuals with exceptional skills and experience: bring together a group of hard-charging, high-performing individuals and help them “get along” and success will surely follow.
With over 20 years experience working with teams, we’ve found there’s more to that formula for establishing successful teams. The critical complement to a team’s functional skill and experience is the psychological role people play on the team — namely, understanding how personality affects team performance.