The document discusses building effective teams. It defines a team and lists their key characteristics as having common goals, mutual accountability, trust, collaboration and synergy. It examines the role of teams in organizations and what makes them effective. An effective team has clearly defined goals, participation from all members, feedback, shared decision making, distributed leadership, and handles conflicts constructively. The role of the team leader is to create a vision, select members, provide leadership, and represent the team. Building an effective team involves setting clear goals, selecting members, providing training and rewards, and developing trust and cohesion.