What other external factors develop a strong team?
As a leader, one can try all of the above techniques and achieve some degree of a strong team, but external forces help to bump up the sense of team even further if handled positively. One external factor that a team led or manager has no real control over but he or she can leverage to their advantage in creating a strong team is having a small team being charged with providing services within a larger organization. The theme of being the under dog that is struggling to succeed against some difficult odds helps to galvanize a team together with a sense of survival that ultimately builds team work. This is also colloquially referred to as going up against the 800 pound gorilla. It is the tried and true notion that working together against the larger “foe” will result in more success than going it alone. One point of caution, carrying this “us against them” theme too far into a negative tone will work to undermine morale by making people uncomfortable to be pushed to be combative. Thus,
