Assessing the different areas of team function can shed a lot of light on process improvement. Consider the following five questions around the team "task" function to help a team assess their development opportunities.

1. Do we have clear outcomes by which the group and individuals will be measured?

2. Do we have timelines around when goals must be met?

3. Do we have a "Who's Doing What" list with names by every item?

4. Do we have clear procedures that identify sequence and processes of task accomplishment?

5. Do we have readily identifiable and accessible leadership?

Reproduced from The Global Diversity Desk Reference: Managing an International Workforce by Gardenswartz, Rowe, Digh, and Bennett with permission of the publisher. Copyright 2003 by John Wiley and Sons. Published by Pfeiffer.