Team work“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford

Contents

1.What is team work?

2. Importance of team working

3. Characteristics of effective team work

4. Personality styles and team work

5. Creating a positive team environment

6. Dealing with conflict and criticism in team work

Team

• What is a team?

-Is a number of

Persons associated

together in work or

activity.

There is No “I” in Team

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Team building• Team building: Process of establishing and developing

a greater sense of collaboration and trust between team members

• Team building involves more than throwing a few people together.

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Stages of Team building:• Forming: team members get to know each other.

• Storming: interpersonal conflicts begin to surface.

• Norming:. Members feel closer together and the conflicts are settled, or at least forgotten.

• Performing: team members work well together.• Adjouring/Mourning: team disbands following

completion of its task.

Team work

• Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

• The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives.

• The coordinated activities of a cohesive group who contribute diverse skills and resources to accomplish a compelling common goal.

“Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.” - Author Unknown

Importance of team working• Improve the relations among the employees• Team members can also gain knowledge from each

other.

• Coordinates the activities of individuals.• Enhances communication

• Provides a satisfying, stimulating and enjoyable

work environment.

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• It allows goals to be reached in an efficient and timely method

• Allows achievement to be made that could not be made alone

• It can speed up processes and makes things run more effectively

• Plays a main role in real life

Characteristics of effective team work

• Has a name, sense of shared identity and published mission statement.

• Has both values and norms that are known by and agreed to by all team members.

• Has members who respect and trust each other.• Embrace change when they need to.

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• Agrees on each member’s roles within the team, and how those roles contribute to the mission or goal of the team.

• Members of an effective team have complementary skill sets and know how to leverage/influence their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses.

• They celebrate successes together and share both praise and blame.

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• Are other oriented rather than self-oriented• Have a sense of belonging and resonance about their

team experience.

• Expect and hold themselves mutually accountable for a high level of performance.

Personality styles and team work

• Personality style is an individual's relatively consistent inclinations and preferences across contexts.

• There are some unique and distinct traits that are specific to each individual based on their background, life experiences, job experiences and social influences.

• These traits have an impact on the performance of a person in team situations as well.

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Elements of Personality •Attitudes•Modes of thought•Actions•Feelings• Responses to opportunity and stress •Everyday modes of interacting with others

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Personality Style Model

Human Resource Development Quarterly (HRDQ)

Based on two dimensions of personality, assertiveness and expressiveness.

The assertiveness dimension is the degree of effort we make to influence others while the expressiveness dimension is the degree of effort we make when revealing our emotions to others.

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Creating a positive team environment

Ways to create positive team environment;

Build Trust

Understand yourself before you understand

others

Communicate positively and openly.

Expect The Best From Your team members

Create Team Spirit

Provide A Positive Physical Environment

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Be Approachable

Have fun with your team members.

Make your team members be passionate

about what they do

Appreciate and recognize your team

members

Dealing with conflict and criticism in team work

• Conflict arises from differences in terms of power, values, and attitudes.

• Conflict in team work is not necessarily destructive, they can lead to new ideas and approaches.

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• Criticism is the expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes.

“Don’t mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it; if unfair, keep from irritation; if it is ignorant, smile; if it is justified it is not criticism, learn from it.” — Anonymous

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Handling Negative Conflict1.Direct Approach: . It concentrates on the leader confronting the issue head-on.

2. Bargaining: an excellent technique when both parties have ideas on a solution yet cannot find common ground.

3. Enforcement of Team Rules: only used when it is obvious that a member does not want to be a team player and refuses to work with the rest.

4. Retreat: Only use this method when the problem isn't real to begin with.

5. De-emphasis: a form of bargaining where the emphasis is on the areas of agreement.

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Preventing ConflictDealing with conflict immediatelyBeing open Practicing clear communication Focusing on actionable solutions Not looking for blame Keeping team issues within the team

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

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ጥያቄ ካለ ? Helen Keller