Team Charter

template

Download our Team Charter template

A Team Charter is a document, created by the team members together, which maps out how the team will operate. It brings a number of advantages:

• Team members feel “bought in” to the success of the team
• Greater adherence to “rules” as everyone has had input into their development
• Mindset that it’s “our” team, rather than “the leader’s team”

Team charters are flexible documents which should be reviewed annually, or whenever there’s a major change in the team’s make-up, such as new members joining.

Whilst there’s no set way to create a team charter, there are some areas which are useful to consider when developing this agreement. These include:

1. Mission: Why the team exists
2. Vision: What the team aspires to achieve in the future
3. Values: Beliefs and principles which govern how the team acts
4. Roles: Defining responsibilities and describing members’ USCs
5. Expectations: How the team will interact, hold each other to account, and support each other
6. Operation: Conflict resolution, meeting structures, decision-making norms

Navanter's template is available for download, and you can use it as a baseline for the development of a charter for your own team. You can download the Team Charter template here.