Conflict Management and Team Building

Abstract
The need for innovation and creativity has never been as crucial as it is today. In an ever-changing environment, constantly forcing us to face problems we've never encountered before, we need to think on our feet. Traditions and old ways of doing things are being challenged as never before, especially after the unprecedented tragedies of September 11th. In this paper I will examine methods for developing a team that are creative and innovative, as well as how to develop skills for both team members and leaders that allow those to assimilate into newly formed teams and become effective members quickly and efficiently.


Introduction
When the combined efforts of staff members add up to more than their individual efforts, you have a successful team on your hands. Successful team members are well motivated and are loyal to the business as well as the other individual members. The winning formula is not easy to define; for example diversity among team personalities...