Throughout your career, you are a member of many different organizations and teams, both large and small. Some teams are high-performing, with employees effectively collaborating to achieve ambitious goals. Other teams struggle to meet objectives and never coalesce around common objectives. What accounts for these differences?

Using your professional experience, reflect on an organization or team you consider to be high-performing or successful. Please post your response to the following on the Discussion Forum:

• Describe three reasons this team was highly effective.
• How were the members of the team motivated and engaged?
• What role did leadership play in promoting a productive workplace culture?
• How has this experience changed your view of leadership?