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Index• What is Team• Advantages of Team • How does good team work • Steps Towards Team Building• Key factors to successful performance of

a team• 7Lessons of Effective Team • What Build up a team • What breaks a team

What is a Team? A team is a group of

people who are mutually dependent on one another to achieve a common goal.

A team is a group of individuals working together to solve a problem, meet an objective, or tackle an issue.

Advantages of having a happy team

More input leads to better ideas and decisions.

Higher quality output.

Involvement of everyone in the process.

Shared information means increased learning.

Increased understanding of other people’s perspectives.

Increased trust, respect

Achievement of business objectives and personal goals

What does a great team look like?

How do Teams Work Best?

Teams succeed when members have:• commitment to common objectives;• defined roles and responsibilities;• effective decision systems, communication and,• good personal relationships.

Steps Towards Team Building

Important points for building the effective team

• Setting Clear Goals • Communicating Clear and Openly • Making Effective Decisions• Balancing Participants• Valuing Diversity • Managing Conflicts

Setting Clear Goals• To build an effective team, it is important to

make sure that the everyone in the team works towards a “Common Goal”.

• It is a leader’s responsibility to link the individual goals of each team member with the common goal to ensure motivation and desire to achieve it.

Communicating clearly and openly

• Putting the information across clearly and with the right words ensures trust and confidence in team thus encouraging every team member also to be honest and clear about their views.

Making effective decisions• Decision making involves choosing between

alternatives, prioritizing and choosing the most feasible alternative.

• The decisions taken should help the team in their development .

Balancing Participation• An equal participation of everyone in the team in every

task taken and every decision made. • The energy of enthusiastic members should be routed

in the right directions and the shy members should be encouraged and motivated to speak

up and participate more.

Valuing Diversity• The individuality of each team member should be

respected. • There shouldn’t be any discrimination based on age,

gender, personality traits, race, color etc. • The individual characteristics of each are an asset • to the team and strengthen it.

Managing Conflict• Conflicts are a part of every group dynamics but

the skill lies in handling them skillfully and with a good balance of

• assertiveness and • sensitivity and should be

totally prejudice free.

HELPFUL BEHAVIOR

• Be optimistic• Be on time• Support one another• Be courteous• Be open minded• Be honest• Participate

• Be open• Listen• Share the work• Complete your work• Present ideas, comments clearly• Be prepared

HARMFUL BEHAVIOR

• Dominate/monopolize• Be manipulative• Be judgmental• Act bored/uninterested• Do unrelated things

• Simply agree with everything• Avoid decisions• Name-calling• Attack people/ideas

Key factors to successful performance of a team – S.C.O.R.E

S - StrategyC - Clear Roles and

ResponsibilityO - Open CommunicationR - Rapid ResponseE - Effective Leadership

Key factors to successful performance of a team – S.C.O.R.E

• Strategy : Understanding of risks and opportunities facing the team Clear categorization of the overall responsibilities of the team

• Clear Roles and Responsibilities: Clear definition of roles and responsibilities

Responsibility shared by all members

Specific objectives to measure individual results

Key factors to successful performance of a team – S.C.O.R.E

• Open communication: Respect for individual differences Open communication environment among team members

• Rapid response: Rapid response to the team’s problems through effective

management to change internal and external environment of an organization

• Effective Leadership: Team leader who is able to help members achieve the

objective and build the team

The 7 Lessons

• Leaders Don’t Wait• Character Counts• Leaders have their heads in the

clouds and their feet on the ground

• Shared values make a difference• You can’t do it alone• The legacy you leave behind is

the life you lead• Leadership is everyone’s

business.

1. Leaders Don’t WaitThey are proactive, they want to produce victories. Waiting for permission is not a characteristic of leaders. A sense of urgency combined with disciplined execution is.

2. Character CountsWe call it the first law: if you don’t believe the messenger – you will not believe the message! People expect leaders to stand for something and to have the courage of their convictions.

3. Leaders have their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground

Not only do we demand that leaders be credible; we also demand that they have a clear and compelling vision of the future.

4. Shared values make a differenceFollowers have needs and interests, dreams and beliefs of their own. Leaders must be able to gain consensus on a common cause and common set of principles.

5. You can’t do it aloneLeadership is not a solo act. Winning strategies are always based on a “we,” not “I” philosophy.

6. The legacy you leave behind is the life you lead

Leaders take every opportunity to show others by their own example that they are deeply committed to the aspirations that they espouse. Leading by example is how leaders make vision and values tangible. It is how they provide evidence that they are personally committed.

7. Leadership is everyone’s business.There is a myth that assumes that when you are on top you are automatically a leader. This is simply not true. Leadership is earned, not bestowed. It is not a title. It is a responsibility.

What builds up a team

• Encouragement – fostering new ideas…soliciting input

• Shared values, shared vision – working for toward a common goal

• Clear communication – using consistent methods for keeping everyone informed

• Ownership – everyone on the team feels connected and engaged

What breaks a team

• Lack of trust • Lack of communication – everyone is

talking at once…so no one’s listening• Think differently• Have poor leadership• Have competition between members

“Coming together is a beginningKeeping together is progress; and

Working together is success”

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