High Performance Teams We will explore what it takes for a work group to become a high performance team. We'll look at how these teams are formed and how a high-performing team could benefit a company, and we'll see how demographics and cultural diversity affect them. High-performance teams are teams that come together for a specific important task. It is important that everyone on the high-performance team has the same purpose and/or goals. If teammates have different goals or motivations, it can be difficult for the team to be effective. Everyone participating in the team should trust or learn to trust each other. Along with trust, which may be even more important, is respect. Respect is a very important aspect in any type of team, especially in a high-performance team. If all high-performing team members trust and respect each other, it will be easier to achieve success. Performance is vital in any business, so before taking action on any project, a high-performance team will need to create a thorough plan. Each team member should be responsible for a specific thing. For example, if one team member is assigned the task of writing and taking notes and another member is expected to speak for the group, acting as a spokesperson. If each member is assigned a certain task to be responsible for; then everyone has more time to perfect that work. A brain storming session is a good way to come up with a good plan that will satisfy all team members. After the brain storming; drawing networks, outlines and analyzing objectives, pros and cons will help the team understand exactly what they want to do and how they intend to achieve that objective. Team members should know how important a project is to the company and strive to achieve goals in a professional matter. Each member should contribute one hundred and ten percent of their contribution to the group to make the project the best it can be. Each team member should be individually rewarded for performance, insights and total input that is beneficial to the team. Communication is key for any productive team. Without proper communication in a high-performing team, it will be very difficult for the team to win the project they are trying to accomplish.