Leading effective teams.(Law, s& Glover, D)
Sounds fairly simple but in actuality it is exptremely diffuicult. In the first place what makes a team? In the school situation it is usually a random group of people with varying experience and ideas who are placed together for ( usually) reasons that have nothing to do with their ability to work together. As a leader it is important to help facilitate a cohesiveness within the group and foster positive interactions. Effective communication, I think is the primary goal before anything else is attempted as far as leadership goes.
I don't agree with Tuckman's team development model where he says that 'storming' is a step in the process of team development. In my own experience with a team that I am leading I found that regular and honest communication went a long way to fostering the sort of homogeneous group that is able to work together and solve problems collaboratively.