Too many strategies for building a great team require books, consultants, or conferences. Instead of all the time, talk, and travel required by these traditional (and expensive) avenues, consider a new approach—just do something.

The following list of 15 relatively simple ideas requires little effort to initiate and even less effort to explain. Give them a fair shot, though, and your team will grow stronger within a year—maybe faster.

1. Create and follow a team meeting agenda to keep your time productive, moving, and shorter than last year's meetings.
2. Call special meetings for longer discussions about specific topics, rather than hijacking the fast-paced short team meetings.
3. Periodically forget the scheduled meeting and go to lunch together. Or breakfast.
4. Clarify and write out a list of accountabilities for each person; distribute to the team and throughout the organization. Keep them to five or fewer per person.
5. Discover the key language of appreciation for each team member (see Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace by Chapman & White). Agree as a team to personally express appreciation for one another, and periodically discuss progress.