Joan assembled a team of diverse individuals in order to create a marketing campaign. She understood the value of diversity and assumed they would work well together. At the first meeting, they jumped right into business and immediately started talking strategy. The campaign turned out to be a failure because little would get done during these meetings. What should Joan have done at the first meeting to maximize the opportunity for success?

a. Explain why she was the leader of the team
b. Explain why she chose the individual members of the team
c. Explain that the more diversity the team has, the better it will be
d. Create a more task focused environment

b. Explain why she chose the individual members of the team

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