Some ground rules for more effective team communication:

• Explore every person’s ideas fully and politely.
• Discipline yourself to listen and understand others’ ideas.
• Don’t argue or debate but explore and support.
• Demonstrate your openness and trust in others.
• Be an active contributor and consolidator of ideas.
• Focus on the team objectives and finding a solution.
• Be a purposeful, total system-oriented planner.
• Demonstrate respect for others at all times.
• Create a cohesive team spirit and genuinely care.
• Optimise the use of team resources, i.e. people.
• Periodically review team functioning and progress.
• Create synergy by working together effectively.
• Every team member must do his/her part to make the teamwork.
• Focus the team on short-term and long-term results.
• Team members support and protect one another.
• Feedback and improvement suggestions are welcome by the team.