Describe the characteristics of successful business teams

There are some main characteristics for successful business teams and among them are the following:

1. Effective leadership

Leadership of the team needs to be strong, controlling, communicative, able to solve conflicts and problems, flexible, have a shared vision, motivate the team members and able to be fair enough in distributing different jobs on the team members. A leader who is well aware of methods for helping the team members achieve their tasks effectively can make the business team successful.

2. Common goals

There should be common goals all the team members have and work according to. Goals have to be SMART in order to be effective which means to be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound.  

3. Diversity

Diversity refers to different opinions and discussions that make the team able to be creative and innovate new ideas. Diversity can also refer to different interest, demographic areas and personal experiences.  

4. Trust

Trust can enhance relationships within the team members and raise effectiveness of work outcomes; trust can also enhance communication within the team and it can lead to effective discussions and suggestions.

5. Commitment to success of the team

All members of the team have to be keen on success of the whole team and not to focus on individual success and each member has to work as part of the team and do his best for make the team successful. This should be based on mutual understanding and communication within the team members. 

6. Interdependence

There should be a suitable work environment for the team members to work in so as to provide the work with much more effort than they do. The positive interdependent team work environment can make each individual provide his best for achieving the goals of the team and learn more which benefits the team. 

7. Interpersonal skills

This refers to the team's ability to have interpersonal skills such as being trustworthy, honest, supportive and cooperative. These skills can make the team more able to discuss his problems and challenges and find creative solutions for them which raise the success levels of the team.

8. Positive feedback and open communications

When the team members have positive feedback from their leader; they can work better and their performance become better. Feedback should be clear, supportive and care for the needs of the members as they have to be informed with all information about their performance and the work requirements and this can be achieved via effective and open communication with the leader through open discussions and conversations.

9. Suitable team composition

This refers to the proper composition of the team and proper role distribution as each member in the team as to work according to specific roles and jobs that suit his own skills and experiences as random role distribution may lead to failure and weak performance of the team. 

10. Accountability and responsibility

The team members have to be responsible for what they do and be accountable for all the tasks assigned to them individually and as a one team unit. (Tarricone and Luca, 2002)