Federate your team around the team business plan

The team BP is a 5-page model document describing how your team will contribute to the financial and non-financial measured performance of the organization.

Decide on a team identity graphical chart and logo

Enforce its use on all mails

Bond your team by setting out its mission on a single page.

 Write your own mission down first.

Use a team "bible" of check-lists to jointly face the most frequent situations

Add a page to your team bible every week. Delegate by writing down your know-how as instructions in the big book.

Sign a teamwork convention.

Get a written, signed teamwork agreement with all team members

Delegate nearly everything

Facing a problem, do not look for a solution, look for a delegate

Decide on the team glossary and on the real name of the team shared files

To avoid misunderstanding and ease knowledge sharing