Team Building Final

8/3/2019 Team Building Final

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TEAM BUILDING OBJECTIVESTEAM BUILDING OBJECTIVES

y Build and serve on

high-performance,effective teams

y Help meet our goals

and objectives.


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WHAT IS A TEAM?WHAT IS A TEAM?

y A group organized to

work together.

y A team is a group of

individuals working

together to solve a

problem, meet anobjective, or tackle an

issue.


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SHORT HISTORY OF TEAMSHORT HISTORY OF TEAM

BUILDINGBUILDINGy Mayo: confirmed relationship between human

factors and productivity

y Maslow: linked motivation and performance

y Team relationships important

y Business demonstrated effectiveness of teams

and refined structure and use


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WHY DO TEAMSWORK?WHY DO TEAMSWORK?

y Whole is greater than the

sum of its parts

y Individuals bring a range oftalents, knowledge,

experience, contacts, etc.

y Working together, a team

can accomplish more


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BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE TEAMBUILDING AN EFFECTIVE TEAM

y Get to know one another

y Establish consensus as to

teams purpose

y Identify available resources

y Establish rules of behavior


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IDENTIFY RESOURCESIDENTIFY RESOURCES

yWhats the budget?

y Special equipment

y

Time members can devote get acommitment

y Special, relevant information

y Other teams and/or individuals


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HELPFUL BEHAVIORHELPFUL BEHAVIOR

y Be optimistic

y Be on time

y Support one another

y Be courteous

y Be open minded

y Be honest

y Participate

y Be open

y Listen

y Stay on track

y Share the work

y Complete your work

y Present ideas,

comments clearlyy Be prepared


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HARMFUL BEHAVIORHARMFUL BEHAVIOR

y Constantly critical

y Dominate/monopolize

y Be manipulative

y Be judgmental

y Act bored/uninterested

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Do unrelated things

y Sub-conversations

y Simply agree with

everythingy Avoid decisions

y Go off on tangent

y Name-calling

y Attack people/ideas


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COMMUNICATIONSCOMMUNICATIONS

y to make known

y to have an interchange,

as of ideas

y to express oneself in

such a way that one is

readily and clearlyunderstood

Behaviors affect

communications!


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RUNNING A HIGHRUNNING A HIGH

PERFORMANCE TEAMPERFORMANCE TEAM

y Keep each team member in the loop

y Thank dominating members for theircontributions, but ask them to allow others to

participate

y Get all members to participatey Help members make their point clearly


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Ways to InvolveWays to Involve

Team MembersTeam Membersy Pass a baton

y Ask open-ended

questionsy Call directly on non-

participants

y Assign specific tasks

y Ask for opinion

y Rotate team roles


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Conflicts and BehaviorConflicts and Behavior

y Individuals attacking personalities or ideas

y Constant criticism of other points of view

y Displaying anger

y Showing contempt

y Unwilling to share the workload

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Non participationy Gossip


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Handling Team ConflictsHandling Team Conflicts

y Identify/recognize

problems

y Act quicklyy Formal conflict

resolution an option

y Team needs to reach

consensus

y Fire someone


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Providing RecognitionProviding Recognition

y Recognize individual

team members

informally andcontinually

y Also provide formal

recognition for special

accomplishments


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Making Team Meetings Fun!Making Team Meetings Fun!

y Basic amenities for a comfortable meeting

y Appropriate equipment

y Good lighting and ventilation

y Quiet and place that avoids outside

distractions

y Refreshments

y Icebreakers


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Documents

Team Building Final