“To become a high performing team the team must be competent in setting objectives, assigning tasks and ensuring that team members have the skills to complete them, making consensus decisions, establishing high standards, hold people accountable, and conduct effective meetings” (Dyer, Dyer, & Dyer, 2007, p. 74). In the article "Professionals' Views on Interprofessional Stroke Team Functioning" Jane Cramm and Anna Nieboer (2011) try to explain that interprofessional teamwork is considered the main component of integrated care, a complex activity involving many different healthcare professionals which requires an effective team. operation (p. 1-2). And in the article “The role of oncologists in multidisciplinary cancer teams in the UK: an untapped resource for team leadership?” Benjamin Lamb, Heather Payne, Charles Vincent, Nick Sevdalis and James Green (2011) seek to explain why “good teamwork, including team communication and leadership, has been shown to be a prerequisite for safe care delivery in other healthcare settings, but cancer MDT team work processes have yet to be fully explored” (p. 1200). According to Dyer, Dyer, and Dyer (2007) high-performance teams are those whose members have skills, attitudes, and competencies that enable them to achieve team goals (p. 4). The two articles revealed that team performance and leadership functionality needed improvement for individual team success and patient care. Team performance depends largely on the team leader's ability to identify and possess the essential skills required to solve the problems required by the team. Cramm and Nieboer (2011) explain in their article Professionals' views on the functioning of the interprofessional stroke team "that involvement of various professions......half of the document......improvement and the actions necessary to achieve team and member improvement. Works Cited Cramm, JM & Nieboer, AP (2011). Professionals' views on interprofessional stroke team functioning. International Journal of Integrated Care, 11(3), 1-8 from http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&sid=82636ff2-7a83-435b-9a6f-46dfe41940b4%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4204&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=a 9h&AN=69828623Dyer, W.G., Dyer W.G. Jr. and Dyer, J. H. (2007). Team building: Proven strategies for improving team performance (4th ed., Sevdalis). N., & Green, J.S. (2011). Role of oncologists in multidisciplinary oncology teams in the UK: an untapped resource for team leadership? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 17(6), 1200-1206. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01507.x