Over the course of working with project and departmental teams with many different companies, Stratos, LLC has identified eight components of effective teams. One of the areas of particular interest to many teams is team process. Team process refers to those specific team interactions that must function well for a team to be effective. The main team processes:

• Communications,
• Decision making,
• Problem solving, and
• Conflict resolution.

When a specific team process is self-identified by a team as an area of need through a Stratos Team Assessment, Stratos can provide specific concepts, tools, and techniques to address the area of concern. Sometimes all that is required is an understanding of the differences involved in, for example, a team-based decision process as opposed to an individual decision process. Other times the specific issues that are interfering with an effective process — such as team communications — need to be identified and addressed. Conflict resolution processes sometimes require outside facilitation. In all cases, Stratos consultants have the experience and the tools to provide support to teams when needed.