Unit 3 Assignment: Strengthening Others for Team Excellence In your reading for this week, you are have learned about the complementary concepts and practices associated with team and individual development. Northouse (2012) presents a team leadership model (Figure 12.1, p. 291) and states that Leaders can use the model to help them make decisions about the current state of their team and the specific action they need to take, if any to improve the teams functioning (p.303). Kouzes and Posner (2012) give us many tools for strengthening others and thereby strengthening the team. Using the information from your reading, additional research and personal experience in a 4-5 page APA compliant paper you will: 1. Provide an overview of the concepts and practices in your reading and identify the relationship between the information in Northouse and Kouzes and Posner as they relate to group dynamics and cohesiveness. 2. Explain the importance of sharing the vision and getting the team involved. You will provide examples that you have either experienced or researched that exemplify this importance and support these examples with at least three academically credible sources. 3. Explain the differences and similarities of virtual and non-virtual teams. You will need to identify at least 3 best practices for creating cohesion in both team environments. 4. Articulate the importance of communication, conflict resolution and geographical issues and the roles they play in effectively leading teams. Directions for Submitting Your Assignment Compose your assignment in a Microsoft Word document and save it as Username-GM503 Assignment-Unit#.doc (example: TAllen-GM503 Assignment-Unit1.doc). Reference Northouse, P. G. (2012). Leadership theory and practice, 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). The leadership challenge. (5th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.