Team Dynamics
What they are and how they affect team performance
Team Dynamics are the often-unseen 'natural forces' that strongly influence how a team reacts, behaves or performs. The effects of team dynamics are often very complex.
For example, in a small team of six people working in one office, there may be two people who have a particularly strong friendship. This friendship is a "natural force" that may have an influence on the rest of the team, and can be manifest in various ways, either positively or negatively.

The positive effect of a strong friendship in a team might be:

the friends communicate a lot together...
...which naturally results in other members being drawn into the discussion
...which results in a good 'social' feel to the group
...which makes people enjoy being in the group
...which improves motivation and commitment
The negative effect of a strong friendship might be:

to cause the other four people to feel excluded...
...which......

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