— You will hear another five recordings. — You will hear five speakers talking about running project teams. — For each recording

Well, obviously every team’s going to be different, but some things should be standard practice. For the thing to hold together, everyone’s got to be pulling their weight, whatever their role is, so you need to keep a keen eye on how they’re all doing. Keep tabs on whether they’ve done what they should have, and whether they’re getting things done on time. You need to be equal and fair with everyone.

The trouble is that when things seem to go wrong, it may be too late to fix them, because you actually built the problem in from the start. It’s vital that each member of the team knows exactly what it is he or she is supposed to contribute. You won’t get a good whole if the parts aren’t put together properly. If members are from different departments, they’ll have different expectations, which need to be dealt with.