Effective teams develop their own operating principles. This tool provides four different examples of operating principles that have been developed by actual teams. We recommend that your team review these principles and decide which ones to keep and which ones to modify. The team can then use these as a basis to ensure it works consistently and effectively together. (3 pages)

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Team Operating Principles: An Example

1. Our first responsibility is to the success of the entire organization.

2. We are responsible for helping one another achieve important organizational goals. That is how we can be effective as a team.

3. As team members, we need to view each other as supports, not threats.

4. As team members, we have a right to...

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