Cross-Functional Teams: Reasons for Failure

      
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		            		Carlo Scodanibbio
Management Consultant, South Africa
			            
Cross-Functional Teams: Reasons for Failure

	          		Of course teams - including cross-functional teams - may fail: not achieving the set targets - or not efficiently, in terms of time/resources utilised - and, most critical, with members ending the team meeting dissatisfied, or frustrated, or convinced that it was a(nother) pure waste of time.

What are, to your opinion, the 3 most critical factors influencing the outcome (success/failure) of specifically cross-functional teams?
				      
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						            	Ferdinand Santos, Philippines
												
				                Why Cross Functional Teams Fail?

													- Good concept, poor implementation.

- Wrong personality involved in the project. I am not referring to the diversity of the background of the member but rather on the attitude.

Same as with any team sport. A team with an all star cast can translate to a win but not necessarily to a championship.
				                
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						            	SUBHASH TRIVEDI
CEO, India
												
				                Reason for Failure of Cross Functional Team

													Team leader is not effective in conducting meetings to explain the rules of the game.... Sign up
				              
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						            	Louis E. Evans
Analyst, United States
												
				                Reasons for Failure of Cross Functional Team

													- When the team leader fails to articulate the reward of successful project completion in terms of b... Sign up
				              
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						            	Carlo Scodanibbio
Management Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Reasons for Cross-functional Team Failure

													Team-Work in general and CFT-work specifically generally fail because of inadequate preparation.
To... Sign up
				              
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						            	Mauro Feleppa
Manager, Italy
												
				                Reasons for Failure of a Cross-Functional Team

													- Environment (in terms of company, department, group and/or area in which the CFT operates) effects... Sign up
				              
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						            	PK Lim   CMC, PMC
Management Consultant, Singapore
												
				                How to Avoid Cross Functional Teams from Failing?

													@Subhash Trivedi: to prevent failure in a CFT:
1. Firstly the role of the CFT has to be properly de... Sign up
				              
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						            	Y Srinivas Rao
Manager, India
												
				                How to Avoid Failures in CFT

													There is lot to learn from the military (including a few movies) on leading CFT. Inspiring team memb... Sign up
				              
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