Improve Team Performance Research Articles

Promoting Team Success Through Reflection on Communication Needs.

Graduate nursing students often face challenges in team-based projects due to diverse backgrounds and learning styles. Team charter development is helpful for making expectations clear, but it misses a critical step of self-reflection and shared understanding that can further improve team functioning. This innovation integrated a communication needs reflection exercise, based on the Birkman Method, into team charter meetings in a graduate-level course. Students reflect on their communication needs individually before sharing and discussing strategies for respectful engagement as a team. Incorporating reflection on communication needs into team charters was well received. The process can enhance self-awareness and respect for diversity of communication needs within teams. Implementation of a structured process for self-reflection and sharing in team charters is a low-effort teaching innovation with the potential for high results. Formalizing a process of self-reflection and sharing has the potential to increase student self-awareness and respect for diversity. [J Nurs Educ. 2025;64(X):XXX-XXX.].

Navigating healthcare leadership: Theories, challenges, and practical insights for the future.

Effective healthcare leadership is essential to ensure high-quality patient care and foster a supportive work environment for healthcare professionals. This review aims to consolidate existing healthcare leadership literature to provide evidence-based insights that can guide leadership development, improve team performance, and enhance patient care outcomes. A systematic search of academic databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Embase, and Google Scholar was performed using keywords related to healthcare leadership. Studies were selected based on their relevance, peer-reviewed status, and focus on healthcare settings. Thematic analysis was employed to synthesize findings from the selected studies. The review explores various leadership theories, including Great Man, trait, behavioral, transactional, transformational, and contingency theories, highlighting their relevance and application in healthcare. Effective healthcare leaders must possess traits such as vision, emotional intelligence, adaptability, and ethical integrity to navigate the complexities of modern healthcare. The review categorizes different leadership styles, including authoritarian, transformational, transactional, servant, and participative, and discusses their application in specific healthcare contexts. Leaders face challenges such as balancing personal and professional responsibilities, adapting to technological advancements, managing financial constraints, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Healthcare leadership requires a dynamic and adaptable approach that integrates various leadership theories and styles to address the unique challenges of the healthcare environment. This review underscores the importance of leadership development programs and calls for further research to explore the practical implementation of leadership strategies in diverse healthcare settings. The findings provide actionable insights for healthcare leaders to tailor their leadership styles to the specific needs of their teams and organizational contexts, ultimately enhancing patient care and operational efficiency.

Leadership, Team Performance, and Professional Development Among Chinese College Dance Instructors

This study explores the relationship between leadership style, team performance, and professional development among college dance teachers in China. Involving 410 dance teachers, mostly aged 26 to 40 with master’s degrees and extensive teaching experience, the research highlights the crucial role of effective leadership in fostering teamwork, personal growth, and high-quality arts education. Key findings indicate that transformational leadership—marked by inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and personalized consideration—is strongly linked to improved team performance and professional development. In contrast, transactional leadership shows mixed results in fostering creativity and long-term career growth, while laissez-faire leadership hampers team performance and career opportunities. Respondents emphasized the need for a balanced integration of teaching, academic research, and artistic creation for continued professional growth. The study also underscores the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) in leadership, enhancing teaching management and team coaching. Significant differences were observed across demographics, with a positive correlation between strong leadership, team dynamics, and professional growth. The study recommends targeted training for dance teachers, adoption of transformational leadership, and comprehensive development programs to enhance team performance and individual growth, thereby improving the quality and global competitiveness of Chinese dance education

Exploring the Connection between a Leader's Emotional Intelligence and their Effectiveness in Managing Teams and Organization

This study focuses on leaders in the province of Punjab, Pakistan, aiming to explore the influence of emotional intelligence on various aspects such as leadership effectiveness, communication, conflict management, and the motivation and retention of employees. Questionnaires from a pre-structured set were sent to 150 business managers from a variety of industries as part of a quantitative research study. ANOVA, regression, and correlation analyses were used to develop three hypotheses. It was found that emotional intelligence has a significant impact on leadership effectiveness. One of the most important findings from the correlation study was that emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness are strongly linked (r = 0.78, p < 0.01). The study demonstrated how emotional intelligence plays a key role in communication, conflict resolution, and group dynamics. Finally, the ANOVA results showed that as a leader's emotional intelligence increases, their motivation, organizational commitment, and employee retention also rise significantly. Then, evidence was presented to add to (Goleman & Intelligence, 1995) study on emotional intelligence and underscores its importance for effective leadership. The findings suggest that emotional intelligence is an essential component of successful leadership, improving team performance, employee satisfaction, and overall organizational success. Data was gathered from self-report questionnaires administered to a broad range of leaders in Punjabi businesses.

Do generational diversity and perceived similarity improve team functioning in rural Chinese hospitals? A cross-sectional survey study

ObjectivesGenerational diversity, increasingly prominent in the composition of the healthcare workforce in rapidly developing countries, has received much attention in practice and research recently. While research has revealed various positive...

Exploring interprofessional collaboration in the intensive care unit.

Critical care units require an interprofessional management approach to optimise patients' health. Clinical education and training delivered in remote healthcare settings are vital for fostering interprofessional collaboration (IPC) among health science students for future team functioning. Our study explored the IPC among clinicians in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting at two South African decentralised clinical training facilities to understand the existing collaborative practices that students are exposed to during their clinical training. A qualitative study design, utilising semi-structured interviews, was used to gather information on the experiences of 40 purposively selected participants working in the ICU settings at the two clinical sites. Data collected from the interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed. Four major themes were identified from the data, namely, scope-of-practice dispute, teamwork disruption, organisational obstacles and future aspirations. Participants believed that a lack of professional regard by medical doctors and an inadequate understanding of the role of other professionals impeded appropriate referral practice and collaborative team functioning. Under-exposure to interprofessional education (IPE) at an undergraduate level and the pervasive medical hierarchy were perceived as a primary attributable cause of this phenomenon. Moreover, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and persistent staff shortages purportedly obstructed potential opportunities to collaborate in multidisciplinary meetings. Participants believed that improving undergraduate IPE and compulsory multidisciplinary meetings to promote communication would improve team functioning in these clinical settings. Undergraduate IPE is a feasible approach to improve collaborative care in ICUs to achieve better patient outcomes.

Use of insitu simulation to improve team performance and utilization of a rapid sequence intubation checklist.

Intubation checklists have emerged as tools to reduce adverse events and improve efficiency during rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs). This study aimed to use multidisciplinary simulation (SIM) training as an educational tool to improve PED team performance during RSI scenarios through utilization of an RSI checklist. We created a checklist modeled after previously published PED checklists. PED multidisciplinary teams participated in video-recorded SIM training sessions involving a scenario requiring intubation three times, first without interruption then while receiving our intervention of rapid-cycle deliberate practice (RCDP) debriefing focusing on checklist utilization and team dynamics. Learners went through the scenario once more uninterrupted to apply learned skills. Team performance was evaluated via video review using the Simulation Team Assessment Tool (STAT) focusing on airway management and human factors sections. Scores were compared before and after intervention along with pre- and postintervention surveys. A total of 483 learners participated in 64 SIM training sessions, 44 of whom met inclusion criteria and were included for data analysis. Scores increased postintervention for airway management, human factors and in total. Least-squares mean differences for total, airway, and human factors scores were 9.55 (95% confidence interval [CI] 7.24-11.85), 4.22 (95% CI 2.91-5.52), and 5.33 (95% CI 3.86-6.8), respectively, which was statistically significant with p-value of <0.001 across all categories. Surveys demonstrated improved role understanding and checklist utilization comfort postintervention. This study supports the benefit of multidisciplinary SIM training with RCDP-style methodology as an educational method for improving airway management, teamwork skills, and RSI checklist utilization for PED staff. Incorporation of additional maintenance SIM sessions for ongoing education is likely to be further beneficial and would allow evaluation of degradation of skills over time following initial training.

Bringing team science to the ambulatory diagnostic process: how do patients and clinicians develop shared mental models?

The ambulatory diagnostic process is potentially complex, resulting in faulty communication, lost information, and a lack of team coordination. Patients and families have a unique position in the ambulatory diagnostic team, holding privileged information about their clinical conditions and serving as the connecting thread across multiple healthcare encounters. While experts advocate for engaging patients as diagnostic team members, operationalizing patient engagement has been challenging. The team science literature links improved team performance with shared mental models, a concept reflecting the team's commonly held knowledge about the tasks to be done and the expertise of each team member. Despite their proven potential to improve team performance and outcomes in other settings, shared mental models remain underexplored in healthcare. In this manuscript, we review the literature on shared mental models, applying that knowledge to the ambulatory diagnostic process. We consider the role of patients in the diagnostic team and adapt the five-factor model of shared mental models to develop a framework for patient-clinician diagnostic shared mental models. We conclude with research priorities. Development, maintenance, and use of shared mental models of the diagnostic process amongst patients, families, and clinicians may increase patient/family engagement, improve diagnostic team performance, and promote diagnostic safety.

Effective Management of Multi-Cultural Construction Project Teams Issues and Strategies for Improving Team Performance

Effective Management of Multi-Cultural Construction Project Teams Issues and Strategies for Improving Team Performance

A Composite Score Reflecting an Initiative to Reduce Harm, Protect Patients, and Promote Safety.

Since 2011, hospitals in the United States have used the Total Harm Rate as a metric to address and enhance patient safety by mitigating harmful events. However, upon evaluation, it was concluded that this tool had lost its validity and was not widely used as an effective measure to prevent harm to patients. There are no similar comparative data in the literature to which we can compare our results with others. The Quality Management Performance Improvement team began to develop a composite safety score that would be used to reflect the environment of patient safety and promote improvement opportunities.

Development and testing of a resuscitation-specific measure of organizational culture for resuscitation teams

BackgroundThe organizational culture (shared beliefs, perceptions, and values) of teams informs their behaviours and practices. Little is known about organizational culture for resuscitation teams. Our objective was to develop a reliable and valid resuscitation-specific organizational culture instrument (ROCI) with the goal of improving team performance. MethodsUsing Neonatal Resuscitation Program principles, literature review, and discussion of existing culture measures with experts, we identified organizational culture components for resuscitation and adapted existing measures to resuscitation. We developed a ROCI with five subscales (role clarity, shared-mental models, closed-loop communication, team adaptability, and psychological safety) and administered it to neonatal resuscitation team members across a hospital network. Survey psychometric assessment included reliability analyses (Cronbach’s α, Pearson correlation coefficients) and validity testing (confirmatory factor analysis [CFA] and regression models examining the association of culture with implementation outcomes: climate and perceived success). ResultsAcross 11 hospitals there were 318 complete responses (41 % response rate). Of the 22-items tested, 18 were retained after iterative psychometric assessment. The ROCI had excellent overall reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.994) and very good subscale reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.789–0.867). The CFA goodness-of-fit statistics confirmed five constructs (subscales). At the individual-level, the ROCI and all subscales were associated with both implementation outcomes. At the hospital-level, the ROCI overall and three subscales were associated with perceived success. ConclusionThe ROCI is a reliable and valid measure of the organizational culture of resuscitation teams. Future ROCI assessments may provide a foundation to inform culture change initiatives to improve resuscitation quality and outcomes across populations and contexts.

Who benefits from virtual collaboration? The interplay of team member expertness and Big Five personality traits

This research applies and integrates transactive memory systems (TMS) theory and the Big Five personality traits model to investigate the performance dynamics of dyadic teams engaged in virtual collaborative problem-solving (CPS). Specifically, this study examines how the personal attributes of team members, including their expertness and Big Five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism), as well as the resultant diversity in expertness and Big Five personality traits within teams, influence both team-level and individual-level performance gain from virtual collaboration. Studying 377 dyadic teams composed of 754 individuals working on an online collaborative intellective task, this research found that dyads with high expertness diversity had greater performance gain from virtual collaboration than dyads with low expertness diversity. Further, dyads, where both members scored low on agreeableness, showed the most significant improvement in team performance. At the individual level, a team member who had a low expertness level but was paired with a high-expertness teammate demonstrated the greatest performance gain from virtual collaboration. The integration of TMS theory and the Big Five personality traits model provides a richer and more nuanced understanding of how individual attributes and team dynamics contribute to successful virtual CPS outcomes.

EI &amp; AI In Leadership and How It Can Affect Future Leaders

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine how the integration of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in leadership can enhance leadership effectiveness and influence the development of future leaders. Design / Method / Approach: The research employs a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative and quantitative analyses. The study utilizes secondary data sources, including scholarly articles, industry reports, and empirical studies, to analyze the interaction between EI and AI in leadership settings. Findings: The findings reveal that the integration of EI and AI significantly improves decision-making, strategic planning, talent management, and communication within organizations. Leaders who leverage both EI and AI experience higher employee satisfaction, improved team performance, and enhanced organizational outcomes. Theoretical Implications: This study contributes to leadership theory by introducing a novel framework that demonstrates the complementary roles of EI and AI in leadership. Practical Implications: The research offers practical guidelines for leadership development, emphasizing the need for future leaders to integrate EI and AI skills in order to navigate complex business environments successfully. Originality / Value: The paper provides an original framework for the integration of EI and AI in leadership, offering new insights into how these two elements can work together to improve leadership effectiveness. Research Limitations / Future Research: Future research should further explore the empirical impact of EI and AI integration in various industries and leadership levels to generalize findings across broader contexts. Paper Type: Conceptual JEL Classification: D83, M12, M15, L21, O33

In-Depth Assessment of the Influence of Leadership Styles on Team Performance through the Lens of Wisdom Leadership

Examining team efficacy with the lens of leadership styles' effects on team performance of Wisdom Leadership (WL) highlights how different leadership styles impact team performance and highlights the part that WL plays in directing and improving team results through careful, well-considered decision-making. WL can be difficult to assess and use consistently in a variety of circumstances due to its subjective character, and it can ignore environmental considerations and practical limits that impact team effectiveness. There are 195 participants’ data are collected in leadership styles’ impact on team performance through the WL lens was gathered at random. Some questionnaires are also randomly gathered. Decision-making effectiveness (DME), conflict resolution skills (CRS), emotional intelligence (EI), visionary thinking (VT), team cohesion (TC), and employee satisfaction (ES) these factors are used to determine with the lens of WL, how leadership styles affect team performance. The statistical of PLS-SEM, Cronbach's Alpha, discriminate validity tests, Average Variance Extracted (AVE), and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to evaluate leadership styles' impact on team performance, ensuring reliability and theoretical alignment. The results validate all of the hypotheses and demonstrate that variables such as DME, CRS, EI, VT, TC, and ES significantly positively correlate with WL.When examining how team performance is affected by leadership styles through the perspective of WL. The WL approaches provides a supportive and moral atmosphere that greatly improves team performance. The significance of incorporating wisdom into leadership techniques is underscored by the way that type of leadership fosters trust, efficient communication, and sustained success.

Interprofessional education in cardiothoracic surgery: a narrative review.

Interprofessional education, an approach where healthcare professionals from various disciplines learn with, from, and about each other, is widely recognized as an important strategy for improving collaborative practice and patient outcomes. This narrative review explores the current state and future directions of interprofessional education in cardiothoracic surgery. We conducted a literature search using the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases, focusing on English-language articles published after 2000. Our qualitative synthesis identified key themes related to interprofessional education interventions, outcomes, and challenges. The integration of interprofessional education in cardiothoracic surgery training programs varies across regions, with a common focus on teamwork and interpersonal communication. Simulation-based training has emerged as a leading modality for cultivating these skills in multidisciplinary settings, with studies showing improvements in team performance, crisis management, and patient safety. However, significant hurdles remain, including professional socialization, hierarchies, stereotypes, resistance to role expansion, and logistical constraints. Future efforts in this field should prioritize deeper curricular integration, continuous faculty development, strong leadership support, robust outcome evaluation, and sustained political and financial commitment. The integration of interprofessional education in cardiothoracic surgery offers considerable potential for enhancing patient care quality, but realizing this vision requires a multifaceted approach. This approach must address individual, organizational, and systemic factors to build an evidence-based framework for implementation.

Effects of High Intensity Interval Training Program on Individual Movement during Competition in Field Hockey Players

PURPOSE: This study aimed to develop a field hockey-specific training program based on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and to verify its effectiveness by observing changes in individual movements during international competitions for female field hockey players.METHODS: The field hockey-specific training program was developed based on HIIT (≥95%HRmax, work:rest ratio=1:1) through meetings with experts’ and the participation of 13 female field hockey players who were enrolled in the Korean national team. Participants were trained for nine weeks (27 sessions) using this training program. Their individual movements were collected using GPS units during the Four Nations competitions and the 2022 Asian Games before and after applying the training program. Individual movements were defined as total distance covered, meters per minute (MpM), maximal velocity (MV), absolute distance, proportion of total distance covered at low-intensity (LI), moderate-intensity (MI), and high-intensity (HI), and number of accelerations, decelerations, and sprint efforts (SE).RESULTS: After applying the training program, the MpM (9.6 m/min), MV (0.69 km/hr), and SE (3.47 bouts) improved compared to before applying the program. Further, after applying the training program, the absolute distance (633.94 m) and the proportion (14.83%) at LI decreased, while those of MI (553.40 m and 9.78%) and HI (273.07 m and 5.05%) increased compared to before applying the program.CONCLUSIONS: The field hockey-specific training program developed in this study resulted in positive changes in individual movements during competitions, leading to improvements in team and individual performance.

Flexing the emotional muscle: Investigating how team reflexibility shapes performance via emotional intelligence

In team settings, the development of reflexibility and emotional intelligence significantly influences performance outcomes. Identifying these relationships is crucial for optimizing team dynamics and achieving superior results. Present research investigates the relationship between team reflexivity and team performance through the mediating role of Emotional Intelligence. Team reflexibility affects team performance positively and developing emotional intelligence skills improves team performance. SPSS and AMOS software was used to analyze the data and the hypothesis was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM) and data obtained from 317 IT company employees in Coimbatore, India. The outcomes of the study provide both practical and theoretical insights for IT company employees to increase team performance through flexible and emotional intelligence skills. Employees with a high level of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) are insufficient for today's business. To be successful, workers must have a certain level of Emotional Intelligence (EI). Employees with a high EI tend to have better relationships and connections, higher performance due to collaboration, and a more positive and peaceful workplace. This research gives managers and leaders an in-depth understanding of highly reflective teams, which will allow them to be more inventive while also altering their emotional abilities to perform better and retain the organization in the long run.

Authentic Leadership and Team Performance: Exploring the Mediating Role of Dynamic Adaptive Capability

Introduction/Main Objectives: This research explores Dynamic Adaptive Capability to achieve Team Performance in higher education institutions, focusing on the challenges posed by a rapidly changing global environment. The study emphasizes the importance of dynamic adaptability as a mediating variable, connecting Authentic Leadership and Justice Climate as key elements influencing Team Performance. Background Problems: The main question of this research is whether Authentic Leadership improves Team Performance through Dynamic Adaptive Capability. The urgency of this research in Indonesia's higher education context is critical, considering that the ever-changing global environment demands rapid and effective adaptation to remain competitive and relevant. Novelty: Empirical evidence explaining how Authentic Leadership can improve Team Performance in Indonesian higher education still needs to be explored. Therefore, research that finds this mechanism is still required and adds Dynamic Adaptive Capability as a mediator. Research Methods: This research collected a survey of the Head of the Study Program as a team representative, used purposive sampling, and utilized AMOS SEM analysis to test the hypothesis. Finding/Results: The research shows that Authentic Leadership positively impacts Dynamic Adaptive Capability and Team Performance. Meanwhile, Justice Climate has no relationship with Team Performance but positively impacts Dynamic Adaptive Capability. Dynamic Adaptive Capability positively mediates Authentic Leadership and Team Performance while negatively mediating Justice Climate and Team Performance. Conclusion: In addition to supporting several hypotheses, this research also highlights the complex and diverse nature of these relationships, prompting recommendations for strategic planning and further investigation to deepen our understanding of the dynamics in organizational environments.

Prevalence, Best Practice Use, and Member Engagement on School Mental Health Teams.

School mental health (SMH) teams have been widely recommended to support multi-tiered mental health program implementation in schools. Available research suggests emerging best practices that promote effective SMH teaming and indicates the importance of having team members who are highly engaged (e.g., actively involved, retained on the team). Despite evidence that these factors improve team functioning, there is limited knowledge of SMH team prevalence, best practice use, and factors impacting member engagement among a diverse sample of elementary schools. This study surveyed a cross-sectional sample of elementary principals (n = 314) across the United States whose schools implement multi-tiered SMH programs. Most principals (89%, n = 280) reported using teams to organize these programs. Schools in urban/suburban communities, with 300 or more students, or with specific school funding for SMH activities were more likely to have SMH teams. Only one-third of principals reported that their team members participated in related training. Other SMH team best practices were commonly reported (by two-thirds or more teams). Results of a linear regression model indicate that larger teams (six or more members) and teams with access to resources had significantly higher member engagement scores. The study's findings provide recommendations for practice and future research directions.

Team personality characteristics and performance in a simulated largeaircraft instrument control task

We investigated the relationship between personality characteristics and performance on a simulated large-aircraft instrument control task. The sample comprised 155 undergraduates in China, who completed the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire to assess personality characteristics, and were randomly allocated to one of 31 teams of five people. We used multiple regression analysis to establish a predictive model of team performance based on team personality elevation and team personality diversity integration models. The results showed that when the team personality elevation integration was used as the independent variable, an increase in rule consciousness led to improvement in team performance, whereas an increase in vigilance, dominance, and social boldness led to a deterioration in team performance. When team personality diversity integration was used as the independent variable, an increase in warmth and openness to change led to improvement in team performance, and an increase in sensitivity led to deterioration in team performance. The simulation task designed in this study provides a specific tool for research involving flight crews on large aircraft. The findings provide a theoretical reference for optimum allocation of flight crews.