Team Building Final.pptx

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Code of Cooperation

EVERY member is responsible for the team's progress and success. Attend all sessions and be on time. Listen to and show respect for the contributions of other members; be an active listener. Criticize ideas, not persons. Resolve conflicts constructively. Pay attention - avoid disruptive behavior. Avoid disruptive side conversations. Only one person speaks at a time. Everyone participates -- no one dominates. Be succinct, avoid long anecdotes and examples. No rank in the room. Attend to your personal comfort needs at any time but minimize team disruption. HAVE FUN. ..... Adapted from the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group Code of Cooperation

Team Performance and Effectiveness • In a well-run team, the overall performance is superior to that of individual efforts “The whole is greater than a sum of its parts”

• In a poorly run team, the overall performance is worse than what would be obtained by linearly combining the contributions of many individuals

Team Maintenance At various points in a team's history, there may be a need for team maintenance requiring various levels of intervention. There are three levels of intervention.

Levels of Intervention

– Prevention (Zero level intervention) Set the teams up for success

– Mild Intervention (Level one intervention) Impersonal, done during formal team meeting Private, non-meeting time conversation with the team

– Strong Intervention (Level two intervention) Private, non-meeting time confrontation with the team or with the individual(s)

Personal, on team time

Teamwork…..Why? Rationale for a Team Approach • Teams are a part of everyone's life. You're a member of a family team, a staff team, school, health care and community teams. • So it's appropriate that you understand how to function effectively as a team member.

Teamwork…..Why? • The multi-dimensional and thus multi-discipline nature of many problems requires a team approach. This approach encourages you as staff with complementary skills and competencies, to coordinate your efforts. • By establishing priorities, concentrating financial resources, and combining knowledge and expertise, you can have greater impact on serious problems through your program efforts. • Such efforts can serve to: 1) lighten your work load, 2) reduce duplication of efforts, and 3) produce a result greater than all of your separate efforts.

Teamwork .... What Is It? • A team is defined as a group (a collection of people) who interact to achieve a common goal, but an effective, wellfunctioning team is much more than this. • Participants in an effective team care about the group's wellbeing. They skillfully combine appropriate individual talents with a positive team spirit to achieve results. • Regardless of whether the program effort is that of an individual, several individuals or the entire county office unit, a climate of teamwork can exist.

1. Belief in Teamwork Approach • • • •

Do you believe in the value of working together in a team effort? Do you believe that a team decision or product can be superior to the work of a single individual? Have you made a personal commitment to work with your colleagues in a team effort? Has the collection of individuals made a commitment to work together in a team?

4. Maintaining the Team Effort • Does the team have an open climate of trust and respect for all group members and their ideas? • Has the group achieved an appropriate balance between the requirement for group productivity (task) and the satisfaction of individual needs? • Do people in the group avoid breaking into subgroups of trusted friends to share rumors, complain, or form alliances that will affect the productivity of the team?

CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEAM MEMBERS

Besides seeing the characteristics of an effective team as well as an ineffective team, it would be prudent to examine the characteristics of effective team members. It will be observed that organizational failures often are not a result of poor leadership but of poor follower ship. An effective team member is, therefore, on who:

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Understands and is committed to group goals. Is friendly, concerned and interested in others. Acknowledges and confronts conflict openly. Listens to others with understanding. Includes others in the decision making process. Recognizes and respects individual differences.

• The influence of members on decisions in teams should be based on their capacity to contribute ( relevant expertise) and not on the authority they possess in the organization. • Team decisions should be integrated with the normal or regular decisions of the team mates. • Conflicts that develop within should be confronted and resolved with a problem solving approach, instead of being avoided or smoothed over.

CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS

• Team members should feel that their participation is important and personally beneficial to them. • Teams should only remain intact as single entities so long they are working on a particular problem. • Whenever possible, the team should include some of the persons who will be responsible for implementing the decision. • Members of the teams should have knowledge and information that is relevant to the problem and task.

CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS

• Team members should feel that their participation is important and personally beneficial to them. • Teams should only remain intact as single entities so long they are working on a particular problem. • Whenever possible, the team should include some of the persons who will be responsible for implementing the decision. • Members of the teams should have knowledge and information that is relevant to the problem and task.

TEAM WORK

Very often we use the word team work in our organizational context without perhaps fully understanding what we mean by team work. Team work is an abstract concept. It represents a set of values that: • Encourages behaviors such as listening & responding to view points of others, giving benefit of doubt to others. • Providing support to those who need it. • Recognizing the interests & achievements of others. • Also promote performance as individuals and the performance of the entire organization.

Learning Objective • To gain a greater understanding of how teams develop, behave and perform. • To utilize this knowledge to develop high performing teams in centers and programs.

What is a Team?

How does a Team Work Best?

A Team succeeds when its members have: • a commitment to common objectives • defined roles and responsibilities • effective decision systems, communication and work procedures • good personal relationships

Building the team • Start with the vision. • Build team bonds. • Make sure that the concept of a team is absolutely clear. • Involve the team in jointly planning functionality and individual responsibilities. • Address personal issues. • Establish team norms.

The advantages of teams: • Teamwork provides relief when someone's having a problem. • Team workers are more effective. • A team member has more ownership of what she's doing. • Good teams can build leaders. • A shared vision keeps everyone moving forward.

The advantages of teams: • • • •

A team broadens what individuals can do. Several heads mean a wider range of ideas. Teams have a great array of talents and skills. Team members learn new skills from their colleagues. • Teamwork is more efficient than a number of individuals working singly.

Enjoy your Game!

Everyone Has to Hang in There!

Every Team Member Can Help!

The Results of Team Work

Recipe for Successful Team • Effective systems and processes – Clear communication – Beneficial team behaviors; well-defined decision procedures and ground rules – Balanced participation – Awareness of the group process – Good personal relationships

Recipe for Successful Team • Commitment to shared goals and objectives • Clearly define roles and responsibilities Use best skills of each Allows each to develop in all areas

Giving Constructive Feedback • Be descriptive • Don't use labels • Don’t exaggerate • Don’t be judgmental • Speak for yourself

Behaviors part 2 • Competitive relationships become more cooperative. • There is a willingness to confront issues and solve problems. • Teams develop the ability to express criticism constructively. • There is a sense of team spirit.

Team Morale Depends On Support Resources Communication Personalities

What is Teamwork & Team Building Teamwork • Concept of people working together as a team

Team Building • Process of establishing and developing a greater sense of collaboration and trust between members

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