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DEVELOP INDIVIDUALS

Each person in the group has a need to develop and to satisfy a wide range of motivational needs. These include the needs to achieve and grow, as well as the social and belonging needs.

BUILD A TEAM

The effect of high team spirit derives from a real community of purpose. Such a team produces synergy - a high level of task achievement - and moral, which is supportive of its own members.

It immediately becomes clear that these three fundamental areas of leadership are interdependent. Insufficient consideration of any area will have an adverse effect on the other areas, i.e.:-

• Failure to achieve the task produces low morale. This soon degenerates into individuals concentrating on their 'own' interests.

• Low team spirit produces an environment where there is no synergy. Where, rather than helpful co-operation, there is hostile competition. Clearly this atmosphere will have an adverse effect on the achievement of the task.

• Failure to develop an individual will result in that person being a potential demoralising influence within the team. This will obviously distract the team from the achievement of the task.

In order to illustrate this critical interdependence of the three areas Dr John Adair produced the following Model:

 

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