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Lack of effective or shared leadership. A high-performing team is one in which leadership is shared, and each and every member is responsible for team functioning. The goal of the team is to be self-managing.

*  Poor use of teams. Not all organizational challenges require a team; some are better handled by individuals. A team is appropriate when multiple skills and perspectives are needed to accomplish the goal.

Purpose. This is the most central piece. What is the work of the team? Why is it important and whom does it serve? This provides a guide for assigning goals, roles and strategies. It's the glue that holds the team together and makes the team members mutually accountable. The purpose should be an overarching, motivating goal focused on meeting the customer's needs.

Values  and Norms. Values are the enduring beliefs that guide team actions. Values define what is fundamentally right and important.

Team Initiatives are broad areas of focus derived from the team's purpose. They include specific goals (measurable outcomes) with timelines and roles that define individual responsibilities.

Another way that HR leaders can help a team perform better is to provide training and guidance for effectively dealing with differences. This includes reminding the team that differences are inevitable when passionate people work together. It's important that teams view friction and disagreement as a healthy stage of team development instead of something to avoid.

As an HR professional, the main goal at this stage is to remind team leaders that people want to be heard and to build an environment that allows that.

Mistrust or uneven communication.  If some people on the team are dominating the conversation while others sit silent or appear to have dropped out, a leader might stop the process and ask each person what he or she needs from others to feel effective in the group.

Approaching team leadership from a servant leader mind-set.  In the same way that a human resource executive serves as a resource to teams within the organization, they also need to help team leaders see themselves in that same light.