This document discusses successful team building and the benefits of effective group dynamics. It outlines why organizations build teams to maximize output and showcase employee talents. Key roles for team members include supporting others, confronting issues, mediating conflicts, harmonizing viewpoints, summarizing discussions, observing interactions, listening to members, and acting as a gatekeeper. The document also lists qualities of an effective team builder, such as being selective in choosing members, providing support, encouraging openness and honesty, and facilitating group interaction through proper training. Factors that can cause teams to fail include poor planning, negative attitudes, lack of focus on goals, hidden agendas, selecting the wrong team members, and unresponsive management.

1. Successful Team Building Benefits to Group Dynamics Jack R. Smith HRD 830: Concepts of Human Resource Development Professor Stephen Bronack, PH.D. December 1, 2008