Setting the Rules
If not all team members participate in the team-building process, it may not be effective. Setting rules at the beginning of the process ensures that all team members know what is expected of them. Guidelines guide team members on how to interact to ensure the process is successful. If the team-building process will take place over a series of sessions, require that team members attend all sessions. Require that all team members show respect toward one another during team-building sessions and define what it means to show respect. Outline the roles and obligations of each group member to ensure all members are on the same page of the process.

Team Leader
At the beginning of the team-building process, the team should designate one member to be the leader. This person serves to delegate tasks during the team-building process and has the final say in any decisions that must be made. It must be established that because this is a team-building process; the job of the team leader should not take on the feel of a dictator. Instead, the team leader should effectively manage the group and encourage its members to work together as a team.

Timekeeper
Meetings often get off-task or tend to run over. The role of the timekeeper is to keep team members on task and keep the meeting running on schedule. Before the meeting, the timekeeper works with the team leader to develop a schedule for the team-building session or meeting. This schedule is presented to all team members at the beginning of the session, and the timekeeper helps ensure transitions run smoothly, breaks do not last too long and the meeting ends on time.