Promote Better Team Effectiveness
Research shows that a team’s structure does the heavy lifting when it comes to team effectiveness. Understand and facilitate team coaching, whether within the TD function or with other departments. In this issue of TD at Work, Treca Stark Bourne and Krister Lowe will discuss how to:
- Confirm that a team is real, create a compelling purpose, and determine the right talent.
- Ensure a sound team structure and identify a team coach.
- Make the case for using a science-backed team effectiveness framework.
- Review case studies of teamwork, highlighting the six conditions of team effectiveness in practice.
The Tools & Resources in this issue are a Compelling Team Purpose Template and a Team Charter Template.
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Full Profile
Treca Bourne, EdD, CPTD, is a strategic and human-focused talent development leader influencing efforts that improve individual and organizational effectiveness. She is the talent development lead practitioner for Fairfax County Government, where she leads the talent development function for the largest publicly funded behavioral health care provider in the Commonwealth of Virginia—Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board.
Bourne’s career has involved an array of experiences as an educator, facilitator, designer, and collaborator with educators, facilitators, and designers in educational institutions and workplaces. In those roles, she helped learners and workers acquire, develop, and apply capabilities and mindsets to advance individual and organizational goals.
Bourne earned a doctor of education degree in higher education and community college leadership from Morgan State University, a master of education degree in educational administration from the University of New Orleans, and a bachelor of arts degree with honors in political science with a business administration minor from Loyola University New Orleans. Along with additional certificates and certifications, she is a Certified Professional in Talent Development.
