| A | B |
| Adjourning | Completion stage of team development |
| Autocratic leader | Makes all decisions for the team |
| Collaboration | Working together for a common goal |
| Commitment | A pledge or promise |
| Common purpose | Goals are clear to each team member, clear unity in team function |
| Complimentary skills | Good skills that build and unite a team. Skills required to function as a unit. |
| Consensus decisions | General agreement and the process of getting there |
| Democratic leader | Guides, listens, encourages team members |
| Forming | Awareness stage of team development |
| Free communication | Act of exchanging information |
| Interdependent | Mutually supporting |
| Interdisciplinary | Requires interaction among team members for the evaluation, assessment and development of a patient’s plan of care. |
| Laissez-faire leader | Informal type of leader, allows individuals to function independently |
| Leader | Brings the team together, sets the vision of the team |
| Mission statement | Team goal |
| Multidisciplinary | Professionals work independently but recognize and value contributions of other team members. Roles are strictly defined. |
| Norming | Co-operation stage of team development |
| Performing | Productivity stage of team development |
| Preventive conflict management | Strategies used to prevent conflict |
| Reactive conflict management | Strategies to resolve conflict that arises |
| Roles | Individual team member responsibilities |
| Storming | Conflict stage of team development |
| Transdisciplinary | Team members work together to develop goals, and carry out patient care. Family interacts with a primary provider, based on patient needs. |
| Trust | Reliability, dependability |