Hire a team. (Forbes / Entrepreneurs 2013) Teams benefit organizations by bringing together people who can achieve goals more quickly and effectively through collaboration than individuals working alone can. These teams bring together individuals from different departments or functional areas to conduct their operations and address problems using their resources most efficiently. New technology allows employees in different geographic locations to collaborate with tools such as Google Docs, Skype, a video conferencing app, and/or data networks that enable teamwork products and documents more effectively (Boundless, 2015). Highly collaborative teams have a direct impact on the implementation and execution of your strategy. Here are 8 collaborative approaches for successful teams: invest in distinctive relational practices, model collaborative behavior, create a "giving culture", ensure the required skills, support a strong sense of community, assign team leaders who are both task-oriented and to relationships, build on historical relationships, understand the clarity of roles and the ambiguity of tasks (Lucco, J., 2014). One tool the CEO of Sandwich Blitz, Inc. can use is the team effectiveness assessment found in this article