Team building for prof devp 201110

TEAM BUILDINGTEAM BUILDING

Lets play a Game.p y

AB v/s SRK !AB v/s SRK !

The Sinking ShipThe Sinking Ship

• Abdul Kalam • Sachin TendulkarAbdul Kalam

• Manmohan Singh

Sh d

• Sachin Tendulkar

• Mukesh Ambani• Sharad Pawar

• Amitabh Bachchan• Medha Pathkar

• Nana Patekar• Lata Mangeshkar

• A R Rehman• Baba Ramdev

• Narendra ModiA R Rehman

• Ratan Tata

N M h

• Narendra Modi

• Lalu Prasad Yadav• Narayan Murthy

Who & Why?• A R Rahman: 4

• Ambani: 4

• Dr Kalam: 3

• Dr Singh: 2g

• Tata: 2

• We need who can represent India to the world.We need who can represent India to the world.

• We need leader

• We need critiqueWe need critique

• We need who helps younger generation

• We need who gives results & money• We need who gives results & money

• We need younger generation to come forward.

What are the Course ObjectivesWhat are the Course Objectives

•I am aware that my people have great ideas of how we can do better I•I am aware that my people have great ideas of how we can do better. I am keen to learn how to help them open up so they make suggestions and I can act upon them.

•I believe that the work in my firm could be organized in a better, more efficient manner. How do I plan and organize everything more effectively? This is something that I wish to learneffectively? This is something that I wish to learn.

•I need to learn how to get my people to work together as a team without to back biting.

•My organization performs well, but I want to find out how well we are doing against our competitors performance and how to become the bestbest.

What You Will Learn:What You Will Learn:• What a team is ?

• Why organize teams ?

• Characteristics of effective teams ?Characteristics of effective teams ?

• Good leadership ?

Id tif h t t l f t b t it• Identify what style of team best suits your project.

• Discuss how to turn your Colleagues into a High Performing Team

What is a Team?What is a Team?

Team DefinitionTeam Definition

A team is a group of people in which the b i li d l imembers assume specialized roles in

performing work toward achieving a goalor an objective.

Why Organize Teams?

Why have Teams become so popular?

Lets play a Game.Lets play a Game.

Push !Push !


Push !Push !

When you push, what does the partner do to maintain equilibrium?


Push !Push !

When you push, what does the partner do to maintain equilibrium?

Push back.Push back.


Wh h h t d th t d tWhen you push, what does the partner do to maintain equilibrium?

Push back.

When a partner proposes, don’t p p poppose, but ask neutral questions.

Let us Remember…Let us Remember…

Coming together is a beginning

Keeping together is progressp g g p g

Working together is successWorking together is success

Reasons to Organize TeamsReasons to Organize Teams

• Synergy

• Consensus buildingConsensus building

• Innovative solutions

• Productivity

• Meet goal• Meet goal.

The Results of Team WorkThe Results of Team Work

Lets play another Game.Lets play another Game.

Can you touch the ceiling?Can you touch the ceiling?


C h h ili i h 10%Can you touch the ceiling with 10% stretch?

Every minute is important (Late?).

E h i i t t (Sl ?)Every push is important (Sleep?).

Every attention is important (Lights?)y p ( g )

Every stretch is important (5S?)

Everyone needs to give a slight pushEveryone needs to give a slight push


Can a team touch the ceiling?

Team Building & MotivationTeam Building & Motivation

Stages in Team BuildingStages in Team Building

FormingForming

StormingStorming

iiNormingNorming

PerformingPerforming

AdjAdj iiAdjournAdjourninging




Characteristics of an Effective TeamCharacteristics of an Effective Team

•Cl d di f l•Clear understanding of goals•High degree of communicationg g

•Effective decision making

Hi hl d i•Highly productive•Use of member’s unique q

resources and experiences

Building Team Performanceg

Lets go for a picnic.Lets go for a picnic.

Yes, but.

Lets go for a picnic.Lets go for a picnic.

Yes, and.

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

Strategy

Clear Roles and ResponsibilityClear Roles and Responsibility

Open Communication

Rapid Response

Effective LeadershipEffective Leadership

Lets play another gameLets play another game

Lets make aircraft…Lets make aircraft…

Lets play another gameLets play another game

Lets make aircraft…Lets make aircraft…

Lessons learnt

1 We must plan with some additional time in hand1. We must plan with some additional time in hand, never expect to get the full quota.

2. Don’t compromise on quality, when time/resources2. Don t compromise on quality, when time/resources are limited work harder to maintain goals and level.

3. When given additional time make sure you use it g yeffectively, if you have finished, make improvements… if you haven’t, don’t give up, try to beat competition, you know what they already have.

Giving Constructive FeedbackGiving Constructive Feedback

• Be descriptive p

• Don't use labels

• Don’t exaggerategg

• Don’t be judgmentalj g

• Speak for yourselfp y

Helpful Team BehaviourHelpful Team Behaviour• Keeping the peace• Being a friend• Being enthusiastic• Giving opinions• Generating ideas• Initiating• Solving problems logically• Relieving tension with humour• Seeking approval• Encouraging others

Everyone Has to Hang in There in Difficult Times!Everyone Has to Hang in There in Difficult Times!

The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team PlayerThe 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player

• Adaptable • Intentionaldaptab e• Collaborative• Committed

• Mission conscious• Prepared

• Communicative• Competent

Prepared• Relational • Self improvingp

• Dependable• Disciplined

• Self‐improving • SelflessS l i i d

p• Enlarging • Enthusiastic

• Solution‐oriented• Tenacious

1. Adaptable:1. Adaptable:• If you won't change for the team, the team may change you. Team players who are adaptablechange you. Team players who are adaptable possess:

• a) they are highly teachable) y g y• b) they are emotionally secure• c) they are creativec) they are creative • d) they are service‐minded individualsTo achieve such characteristic To achieve such characteristic • a) get into the habit of learning• b) reevaluate your role on the team• b) reevaluate your role on the team • c) think outside the lines.

2.Collabarative:2.Collabarative:• Working together precedes winning togetherwinning together.

• THE GREAT ESCAPE

C ll b i i h k d• Collaboration is the key word when it comes to meeting challenges as a teamchallenges as a team.

• Cooperation is merely ki t th blworking together agreeably,

but collaborating means working together moreworking together more aggressively.

3. Committed:3. Committed:• Committed people don't surrender easily.

• Commitment is not an emotion it’s a character quality that enables us to

h lreach our goal.

• Human emotions will go up and down but commitment has to be rock solid.

4. Communicative:4. Communicative:• A team is many voices with a single heart.

• Communicative team playersp ydo not isolate themselves from othersothers.

• Make it easy for teammates to i t ith thcommunicate with them

• Follow the twenty‐four hour rule

5. Competent:5. Competent:• If you can't, your team won't .

d l h• Competent does not mean simply having adequate skills to perform a job. It means the d d l b h hl l f d d h bindividual must be highly qualified to do the job

well.

• Ex: Bob Taylor ( building guitar).

• To improve the level of competence, one must: p p ,

• a) focus yourself professional

• b) give more attention to implementation• b) give more attention to implementation.

6. Dependable:6. Dependable:• Dependency is important to TTeams success.

• Pure motives i.e If there are hidd d th tno hidden agendas the team

will make progress. Th bilit t t k• The ability to take on responsibility. Th t l t t• The team player must want the ball and be able to sink it in the basket and scoreit in the basket and score

7. Disciplined:7. Disciplined:• Where there's a will, there's a win.

• Discipline is doing what you really don't want t d th t d h t ll tto do, so that you can do what you really want to do.

• It means paying the price so you can have the reward later.

• To become the kind of players teams want, people must develop discipline in three areas.people must develop discipline in three areas.

• Disciplined thinking. Keep your mind active, and always think about the right things.Di i li d i• Disciplined emotions.

• Disciplined actions. Action separates the winners from the losers. When people act on what they must do, it is for the benefit of all those on the team.

8. Enlarging :8. Enlarging :• Adding value to teammates T b l l h i• Team members love a player who is able to inspire them to become more successful.

• Team players who enlarge their teammates share common characteristics: ‐

• Enlargers value their teammates • Enlargers value what their teammate’s valuevalue.

• Enlargers make themselves more valuable.

How do we become Enlargers?How do we become Enlargers?

• Believe in others before they believe in• Believe in others before they believe in you.

• Serve others before they serve you.

• Add value to others before they addAdd value to others before they add value to you.

P i t t t t ' t th• Point out your teammates' strengths, encourage and motivate them out of their comfort zone, but within their gift zone

9. Enthusiastic:9. Enthusiastic:

• Your heart is the source of energy for the team People who bring an enthusiastic attitude to team work often.

• Harley Davidson.• Take responsibility for their own enthusiasm.• Act their way into feeling. The only way to begin is simply to begin! B li i h h d i• Believe in what they are doing.

• Spend time with enthusiastic people.

10. Intentional:10. Intentional:• Make every action counts.• Being intentional means

working with a strong sense of purpose.

• Successful individuals are never scattered .

• They have a clear reason why they are doing what they are doing.

• For a team to be successful, it needs intentional people who are focused and productive, the kind of people who can make

ievery action count.

11 Mission Conscious:11. Mission Conscious:

• The Big Picture is coming in loud and clear. The fourThe Big Picture is coming in loud and clear. The four qualities of mission‐conscious team players are:

• 1) They know where the team is going.) y g g

• 2) They let the leader of the team lead.

• 3) They place team accomplishment ahead of their3) They place team accomplishment ahead of their own.

• 4) They do whatever is necessary to achieve the ) y ymission

12 Prepared:12. Prepared:• Preparation can mean the difference between winning and losing To be a more prepared team, think about the following: • a) assessment• a) assessment• b) alignment• c) attitude• c) attitude • d) action. To improve preparedness you must:To improve preparedness you must:

• a) become a process thinker• b) do more researchb) do more research• c) learn from your mistakes.

13. Relational:13. Relational:• If you get along, others will go alongalong .• Teams want people who are l i lrelational.

• Look for the following in your team relationships:• a) respect• b) Shared experiences• c) Trustc) Trust• d) mutual enjoyment

14 Self‐improving:14. Self improving:

T i th t• To improve the team, improve yourself .P l h t tl• People who are constantly

improving themselves make three processes an ongoingthree processes an ongoing cycle in their lives: Preparation ConcentrationPreparation, Concentration, and Application.

15 Selfless:15. Selfless:• There is no "I" in team As a t bteam member.

• Be generous• Avoid internal politics• Display loyalty

To become more selfless. • Promote someone other than yourself

• Take a subordinate role

16. Solution‐oriented:16. Solution oriented:

• Anyone can become solution‐Anyone can become solutionoriented.

S l i i d l i• Solution oriented people recognize these truths:

• Problems are a matter of perspective

• All problems are solvable• All problems are solvable.

• Problems either stop us or stretch us.

17. Tenacious:(push yourselves)17. Tenacious:(push yourselves)• Never, never, never quit. Being

tenacious means giving all that you'vetenacious means giving all that you ve got, 100% not more than you have.

• It has something to do with working with determination not waiting onwith determination, not waiting on destiny.

• Tenacious people do not rely on luck, fate or destiny for their successfate or destiny for their success.

• When conditions become difficult, they keep working. Q itti h th j b i d t• Quitting when the job is done, not when you're tired.

• Push yourself beyond what you think bl fyou are capable of.

LeadershipLeadership

…learn to lead and Motivate.

Leadership Rules:Leadership Rules:#1 Unite the Participants

Leadership Rules:Leadership Rules: #2 Focus the Team

Leadership Rules:Leadership Rules:#3 Get the Team Moving

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