1) Encourage team members to take initiative: Team
leaders need to take the time to ensure that all members of the
team participate in activities. In interview responses, members
of the skills team mentioned that they were given freedom to
explore and build on group projects. The team leader would
encourage members to undertake tasks and report back
without a rigid daily schedule that had to be followed.
Individuals were able to manage their own time. Assigning
tasks that have members can carry out independent of the
group and then submitting as part of a building process for a
team task is an effective means for individuals to buy into
group work and contribute equally. If there was a criticism of
the team leader, it would be that too much self-initiative was
given, which generated stress for some members of the team,
or a concern for the well-being of fellow team members if one
saw another member overburdened.