Advanced team training answers the question by identifying seven dominant characteristics of teams as they become more advanced and offering dozens of activities, assessments, and other tools designed to help teams strengthen these characteristics. It is divided into 8 chapters and the first chapter is Assessing team training needa: ideas and tools to ensure training is on target, follwed by Advancing team autonomy: tools and activities to help teams discover and use their owm freedom to act and make decisions, Advanced team interdependence: tools and activities to help teams work better with suppliers and customers, Advancing team flexibility: tools and activities to help teams improve their ability to respond to problems and opportunities, Advancing team strategic thinking: tools and activities to help teams stay focused on what's really important, Advancing team creativity and problem solving: tools and activities to help team discover and implement new ideas, Continually improving team performance: tools and activities for finding, planning, and implementing improvement projects, and the last chapter is Integrating team performance with total organization. 

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