In his national bestseller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick M. Lencioni reveals what he refers to as the five dysfunctions, five common reasons teams—even the best ones—often struggle. He uses the framework of a “leadership fable” to outline a model and a series of steps that can be employed to overcome these common hurdles to building a cohesive, effective team. Charged with creating and maintaining a more efficient work environment, team leaders are responsible for making sure members of their teams are enabled to work together as effectively as possible. The question is, how do you provide the tools they need to improve team productivity and responsiveness, while reducing inefficiencies and reducing costs?

Microsoft® can be the answer. Here are a few of the ways Microsoft’s team productivity solutions can help improve team performance and increase efficiency while decreasing costs: Reduce project cycles. The Microsoft® Office System together with Windows® Sharepoint® Services enable team members to quickly create team workspaces where they can easily collaborate on documents, meetings and other shared tasks with little to no training, all from within the tools they already know. Increase visibility. SharePoint Products and Technologies let team members easily access, share, and integrate data and documents, both internally and with partners and customers, facilitating timely responses and better-informed decisions. Stay in sync. Use out-of-the-box announcements, surveys and discussion boards to keep all team members on the same page and updated through the use of automatic alerts when information in a shared workspace is added, modified or deleted. Enhance communication. Applications within the Microsoft Office System allow teams to take advantage of enhanced communication features, including instant messaging, enabling them to communicate and collaborate more easily and often, from virtually anywhere in the world.

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