• You will hear another five recordings. • You will hear five speakers talking about running project teams. • For each recording

Well, obviously every team’s going to be different, but some things should be standard practice. For the thing to hold together, everyone’s got to be pulling their weight, whatever their role is, so you need to keep a keen eye on how they’re all doing. Keep tabs on whether they’ve done what they should have, and whether they’re getting things done on time. You need to be equal and fair with everyone.

There’s no point re inventing the wheel for every team. You can look outside the current group for ideas. See what teams in other departments or divisions have managed to do - you’ll often find they’ve worked in similar circumstances, and you can look at how they handled it. That’ll give you ideas of what to do - and, often, what not to do, too. It should mean your own progress is smoother,