Team Building Contract and Action Plan The purpose of this exercise is for group members to have an open, frank and comprehensive discussion about norms, behaviors, expectations and responsibilities for which they will hold themselves and other team members accountable. This document will set the ground rules of how the team operates, and to enable the team to become more effective and efficient in tackling the problems presented to the teams. The following guidelines should be followed when developing the team contract: 1. Involve all group members. For this reason, it is never appropriate for one person to write something and ask the other members to look it over and sign. This fails to create buy-in. More importantly, it