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Building Better Teams

Agenda Session One: Introduction and Course Overview

8:45-9:00

Icebreaker: To Do List

9:00-9:30

Session Two: Defining Teams

9:30-10:15

Session Three: Establishing Team Norms

10:15-10:30

Break

10:30-10:45

Session Four: Working as a Team

10:45-11:45

Session Five: Glenn Parker Team Survey

11:45-12:00

Morning Wrap-Up

12:00-1:00

Lunch

1:00-1:15

Energizer: Group Pursuit

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Session Six: Building Team Trust Break

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1:15-2:00

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8:30-8:45

2:15-2:30

Session Seven: The Stages of Team Development

2:30-3:30

Session Eight: Towers

3:30-4:00

Session Nine: Communication

4:00-4:15

Session Ten: Becoming a Good Team Player

4:15-4:30

Workshop Wrap-Up

Session One: Course Overview

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• Provide an opportunity for participants to get to know one another and share ideas for developing their teams • Understand the value of working as a team • Recognize the critical role communication skills will play in building and maintaining a team atmosphere • Explore your team player style and identify how it can be used effectively with your own team • Identify ways that team members can be involved and grow in a team setting

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Session Two: Defining Teams

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• What is synergy? • What is a team? • What makes a team different from a group?

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Session Two: Defining Teams

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The Five Types of Teams

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• The Traditional Model • The Team Spirit Model • The Cutting Edge Model • The Task Force Model • The Cyber Team

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Session Three: Establishing Team Norms

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• What are some advantages to working as a team? • What are some disadvantages? • Why do teams fail? • What is the purpose of a team contract?

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Session Four: Working as a Team

Agree w/ reservations

Abstain

“I have no opinion.”

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“Basically, I like it.”

Stand aside

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Endorse w/minor point

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Endorsement

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“I can live with it.”

“I like it.”

“I don’t want to stop anyone else, but I don’t want to be involved in implementing it.”

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“I don’t like this, but I don’t want to hold up the group.”

Formal disagreement, willing to go w/majority

Formal disagreement, with request to be absolved of implementing responsibility

“I want my disagreement noted in writing, but I’ll support the decision.”

Block

“I veto this proposal.”

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Session Five: Glenn Parker Team Survey

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The Contributor

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This is the detailed person who keeps track of everything.

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The Collaborator

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This is the visionary who is always looking to the future and a better way of doing things.

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The Communicator

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This type is a people person. They don’t want to rock the boat; they just want to enjoy the boat ride.

The Challenger This person wears the hat of the Devil’s Advocate.

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Session Six: Building Team Trust

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Trust is produced in a climate that includes four elements:

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• Honesty: Integrity, no lies, no exaggerations • Openness: A willingness to share and receptivity to information, perceptions, ideas • Consistency: Predictable behavior and responses • Treating people with dignity and fairness

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Session Six: Building Team Trust

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Four themes emerge to help explain why a climate of trust fosters teamwork.

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• Trust allows team members to stay problemfocused. • Trust improves the quality of collaborative outcomes. • Trust leads to compensating. • Trust promotes more efficient communication and coordination.

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Forming Storming Norming Performing

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Session Seven: The Stages of Team Development

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• What can you do to help your team through each stage? • How do you think you can create a positive team environment? • What environment do you like to work in? • How can we build team trust?

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Session Eight: Towers

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• T is for Trust: interpersonal confidence and absence of fear. • O is for Openness: free flow of information, ideas, perceptions and feelings. • R is for Realization: self-determination, being role free, doing what you want to do. • I is for Interdependence: reciprocal influence, shared responsibility and leadership.