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Three drivers help 'working groups' become true teams

While all teams are groups, not all groups are teams, as three paradoxes make true teamwork rare.

The purpose of a team is to complete tasks that cannot otherwise be achieved by an individual, says team coach and leadership specialist Bernard Desmidt.

"I often find that team members interchangeably call themselves the leadership 'group' and the leadership 'team'," he says in his new book, Team Better Together.

"Much can be different in a name. When invited to reflect on the differences between a group and a team, most do not see the distinctions. Groups and teams differ significantly and both have a role and place, albeit dissimilar."

This creates the first paradox of a high-performing team, he says...

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