{"id":5003,"date":"2022-05-17T12:29:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T02:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2022-05-17T12:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T02:56:04","slug":"signs-of-an-unhealthy-team-and-how-to-turn-it-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/?p=5003","title":{"rendered":"Signs of an Unhealthy Team and How to Turn It Around"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When any team is working well it has high levels of \u201csynergy.\u201d Synergy means the interaction of two or more forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual contributions \u2013 that is, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Even if this were not the case, the semi-coordinated efforts of a team would still be more successful than the efforts of a lone individual.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the local church or mission context, the same can be said of ministry teams: they work hard to develop high levels of \u201csynergy. But what about those teams that struggle? What are the signs? The unhealthy behaviours?<\/span><\/p>\n

A few years ago I worked with a team that was in distress. They had been suffering for a long time when I arrived on the scene. There were conversations going on behind people\u2019s backs, work that was assumed was getting done but really wasn’t, and resources that were mismanaged. It was\u2013to be blunt\u2013a hot mess! One of the first things I did was meet with individual team members to conduct a full team assessment. I wanted to get a clear picture of:<\/span><\/p>\n