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TEAMBUILDING: Re-energizing & Engaging Employees Facilitator: Mary T. Meyer

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Page 1: TEAMBUILDING: Re-energizing & Engaging Employees Facilitator: Mary T. Meyer

TEAMBUILDING: Re-energizing & Engaging EmployeesFacilitator: Mary T. Meyer

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Introduction

• Agenda overview

• Qualities of high-performing teams

• Elements of an engaged workforce

– Activity

• Reaching agreement with diverse team members and perspectives

• Closing

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Qualities Of High-Performing Teams

Brainstorm at tables – small groups of 4-5

- 4 minutes

Debrief – list qualities – 5 minutes

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Team Member Qualities

- Trust

- Honesty

- Cooperation

- Initiative

- Accountability – personal and team

- Risk-takers and innovators

- Assertiveness

- Success-oriented

- Results-oriented

- Ability to be a “team” member

- Flexibility

- Enthusiasm

- Others?

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Elements of an Engaged Workforce

Activity Instructions: Putting up a tent (15 min) - Handout List of Steps - Individually list how you would do this (3 min) - Get into small groups - Reach agreement on best sequence to accomplish the task (10 min)

Debrief – how did this go?

Lessons Learned?

How does this exercise apply to your workplace?

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Elements of an Engaged Workforce

• How do you know that your workforce is “engaged?”

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Elements of an Engaged Workforce

Eight Employee Passion Factors Ken Blanchard

- Meaningful Work- Autonomy- Collaboration- Fairness- Recognition- Career Growth- Connectedness to Colleagues- Connectedness to Leader

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Elements of an Engaged Workforce

• What would cause employees to become dis-engaged?

• If you sense that some employees are disengaged, how do you help them re-engage and re-energize?

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Leader/Supervisor Role

• Coaching & mentoring

• Encouragement

– Observation

– Reinforcement

• Develop operational strategies

• Team liaison to larger organization

• Assist in obtaining resources

• Acquire necessary technology

• Other?

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Reaching Agreement

Why is this important?

How can you move beyond the diverse perspectives of team members?

-Recommendations?

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Reaching Agreement

• Discussion to Agreement– What’s the issue?– What’s the underlying cause?– What are the options?– Select an option (how? *)– Develop an action plan (what, when, how, who)

• * Selecting an Option– Decision-making criteria

• Cost, time, available resources, desire, true solution• Others?• Make criteria explicit and create an objective

measurable way to support your decision process

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Reaching Agreement

• What’s the difference between consensus and voting?

• If you can’t reach consensus, then what?

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CLOSING

• Concepts to apply right away, next day at workplace

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For questions on this material, Please email Mary Meyer at [email protected].

To host a similar workshop in your city, county, state or for your association, please contact the Public Treasury Institute at 301-229-6566 or email [email protected].

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“Engaged employees improve productivity because deep employee involvement builds intense commitment to personal, team and organizational success.”

Ken Blanchard

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Resources

• Employee Engagement - Ken Blanchard – “From Engagement to Work Passion” www.kenblanchard.com

• Team Consensus– “Team Handbook”, Pfeifer

• Activities – supplemental handouts– Team Assessment– Discussion to Agreement Worksheet– Whacky Wordies (2), Hair Apparent