Project Design >> Forming multidisciplinary teams

d. Team formation

In forming your core team, it is worth considering the following observations from CSS projects:

• Personal invitations to join the core team may be the most effective engagement strategy.
  
  
• Having opinion leaders on the core team can benefit the project. Opinion leaders are not necessarily always individuals in organisational leadership positions (e.g. clinical director).

• The potential to access accurate clinical outcome or treatment delivery data and evidence-based information can be a major incentive for clinicians to become involved in the project.
  
  
• Instead of not inviting somebody because you think they won�t be interested or available, give them the choice to say so. In some cases, your preconceived views may be incorrect and the individual accepts the invitation. Even if they decline, they may be more supportive of the project�s subsequent activities because they were initially invited to participate.
  
  
• Consider inviting people onto your team who you think may become �road blocks� to your project. They are less likely to be resistant to change if they are involved in the process.