Cohesive teams share unspoken and spoken agreements which inform the way members interact and collaborate. If handled well, they help boost productivity.
Productive teams all have one thing in common: strong agreements about how they collaborate and communicate. Although the strongest agreements are often silent, there are many ways you can explicitly introduce and improve them. If you’re starting up a new team or troubleshooting one that’s flailing, make sure you’ve got strong agreements in place.
Strong agreements
A team with strong agreements is one that establishes and adheres to a set of norms that suit most members.