Diverse Team Building
DIVERSE (
cross-functional, multidisciplinary, multicultural) TEAMS can be very creative and perform extraordinary well. At the same time, achieving a fit or “
interpersonal congruence” among team members of diverse teams requires
unconventional team building activities. Interpersonal congruence is the degree to which members’
appraisals of one another are similar to their
self-assessments on dimensions relevant to team functioning. Sharing honest
360-degree feedback can be useful to correct inaccurate perceptions and adjust behavior and self-assessments (source: Jeffrey T. Polzer in HBR Jul/Aug 2008).