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Bill Zimmer was recently appointed manager of a new project team consisting of professionals from different functional areas of the company. Some of the members have worked with each other before, but several others have not.

Help Bill become an effective manager and build a cohesive team. Enlighten him about the self-oriented member concerns and behaviors that might get in the way of team development. Tell him what specific task- and relationship-oriented leadership roles he is likely to need if this team is to become effective, and why. Talk to Bill about the potential positive and negative consequences of team heterogeneity (assuming team members have diverse characteristics and backgrounds). Tell him what informal group norms are, how their emergence could affect the behavior and performance of team members both positively and negatively, and how to avoid the danger of "groupthink."