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1	Creating Mission Driven Dream Teams Laura Watkins and Feza Oktay Dovetail Associates LLC 30 September 2004 Seven Hills Foundation
2	"It is amazing what can..." It is amazing what can be accomplished when nobody cares about who gets the credit. --Robert Yates
3	Your organization’s mission.
4	Develop the Team’s Purpose.
5	Check Purpose and Mission Fit
6	Team Basics
7	Why are these particular people working together?
8	What does each person bring to the team?
9	Do you have the right people & the necessary skills?
10	Where can synergy be created?
11	Identify the Intended Goal of the Project.
12	What do you intend to accomplish?
13	Where do you want to be at the end of the project?
14	How will you individually & collectively define “success”?
15	Where is the passion, the challenge, the reward?
16	Tools for Building the Team
17	Process & negotiate an agreeable “clean slate” beginning.
18	Resolve any significant past issues.
19	Build ways of work & systems of communication that build trust.
20	Develop & describe a shared understanding of where the team is beginning.
21	Jointly create a shared vision of the team’s success.
22	Create a project management schedule.
23	Build agreement about collaborative actions.
24	Respect individual expertise and ways of work.
25	Develop benchmarks.
26	Identify opportunities to celebrate wins along the path.
27	Establish a disciplined method for evaluating the team’s progress.
28	Choose to believe and keep the team connected to the mission.
29	Create action steps.
30	Specific & measurable action steps
31	Move toward the goal.
32	Schedule actions into individual and team calendar.
33	Are action steps on target?
34	Are the expected outcomes developing?
35	Where do tactics need to be redesigned?
36	Is the team “on purpose” with the intended project?
37	Remove obstacles.
38	Outline your “doubter” issues.
39	Redirect doubts into reality statements.
40	Develop a plan to overcome obstacles.
41	Turn limiting beliefs into empowered actions.
42	Use failures to lead to success.
43	Look at your failures for lessons.
44	What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
45	Try another way.
46	Look at things “outside the box”.
47	Take serious steps forward.
48	Identify accomplishments.
49	Evaluate the team process.
50	Identify remaining problems & challenges.
51	Declare success & set your next goal.
52	Celebrate your success!