Process efficiency on challenging processes was best predicted
by the empowerment of the team’s leader to be its clear leader,
a clear and unambiguous purpose and need, disagreement between
ID team members (inversely related to efficiency), a supportive
leadership style of the IDTL, turnover on the ID team (inversely
related to efficiency), interdisciplinary collaborative teamwork
while responding to public comments, and the degree of pressure
felt by the IDTL to defer to ID team expertise. The model suggests
that efficiency is positively influenced by clarity of the task at hand,
clear role definition and deference to expertise, and effective
leadership and collaboration on the ID team.