Synergy in Teams of 4

Steps towards sustaining synergy within a virtual team of four

Some concerns

• However, this raises several issues:

1. 1. Belbin's Apollo syndrome? shows that teams comprising exclusively 'A' category achievers are sub-optimal
2. 2. However, a less ideal group will also be sub-optimal because of the inconsistent (i.e. unreliable) relations between players
3. 3. Where there are only 4 team players and 6 relations to be optimised / synergised, each player is (co)responsible for 3
   

• One way to achieve this is by evaluating structural coupling among the four players

1. We would all work to sustain the presence of 6 at the highest level