title: How to lead effective teams.
abstract: Teamwork! Often teams are established to tackle tough jobs. Teams could focus on quality improvement, creating a new work process, or major problem solving of a current process. Effective leadership of the team is essential for reaching the team goal. How can team leaders be more effective? An excellent way to prepare for team leadership is to understand team management, leadership abilities, and characteristics of team effectiveness. This article discusses these important elements of effective teamwork.
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Barczak
mesh_terms: D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*