There are several key factors that contribute to effective groups and teams. Groups are classified based on how they are formed (planned or emergent) and their purpose (primary, secondary, task-oriented). Successful teams and groups have clearly defined goals, the right composition and skills among members, established norms, and foundations like trust, leadership, and decision-making. The stages of group development include forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Group dynamics and performance are influenced by characteristics such as size, composition, cohesiveness, and norms.

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32. Foundation of Successful Teams Foundation 1: Goals and strategies Foundation 2: Right people Foundation 3: Right resources Foundation 4: Effective decision making Foundation 5: Trust Foundation 6: Effective leadership Foundation 7: Optimism

33. Foundation of Successful Teams Foundation 1: Goals and strategies Successful teams need to have clearly defined goals or outcomes that they are aiming to achieve.

34. Foundation of Successful Teams Foundation 2: Right people Teams will only prosper if they have the right people with the right skills, knowledge, experience and attributes in place. As a leader of the team, take care to select people who will help you to achieve the outcomes you desire

35. Foundation of Successful Teams Foundation 3: Right resources The absence of this vital resource will have a huge impact. Teams are no different. If they don't have the right resources at their disposal they will struggle to deliver.

36. Foundation of Successful Teams Foundation 4: Effective decision making Without effective decision making, teams will generate lots of ideas without ever translating these into action and results. Decisions are what moves things from concepts to results.

37. Foundation of Successful Teams Foundation 5: Trust Unless there is trust in teams, people will continue to act in their own interests rather than the interests of team results. Building trust is a vital foundation in successful teams.

38. Foundation of Successful Teams Foundation 6: Effective leadership Teams without effective leadership will drift and struggle to achieve meaningful outcomes. As a leader of the team it is important to avoid drift.

39. Foundation of Successful Teams Foundation 7: Optimism Optimistic teams are positive. They believe that they can achieve better results and outcomes. They also recognize that obstacles will arise and will require effort to overcome.