ComposingSMARTer

Teams(a generic slide set)

Brian Fraser & the Jazzthink Trio

[your next great event]

The Jazzthink Trio

Cory Weeds

Bill Weeds

Doug Stephenson

Discovering Your Wisdom

What qualities of great teamwork do you see in the performance of the jazz group?

Frequently Noted Qualities

??? A Query ???

FHow many of youconsider yourselves

to be jazz musicians?

A Crucial Connection

The most common form of jazz in

human experience is ordinary

conversation.

So, if …

… you build your teams

through conversations,

you are jazz musicians

Composing Great Teams

You build successful teams through

SMARTer

Conversations

SMARTer Conversations

Soulful in managing yourself

Mindful in cultivating positive relationships

Astute in analyzing and deciding

Responsible in generating mutual accountability and support

Trusting in monitoring and measuring for improvement

Making Great Things Happen

[ a quote from your vision/mission or from a key leader that summarizes your aspirations]

The Tune for Your Conversations

[key words from your documents

that form the basic melody of

your organization]

An Example from the Trio

Notice how the musicians move from simplicity to complexity to simplicity in their conversation

Curiosity & Conversation

Compose a question that will initiate your next conversation with your team back at work

And remember …

… curiosity creates space for people to participate and contribute their best

Key Notes in the Questions

[We’ll create a Wordle from your key words]

Great Team Leadership

Great team leadership involves:

1. Creating a context that nurtures an alternative future, one based on gifts, generosity, accountability, and commitment.

2. Initiating conversations that shift people’s experience through the ways people are brought together and the nature of the questions that are used to engage them.

3. Listening, learning, and modeling.

Jazz & Composing Teams

“[Jazz] is an endless road of discovery leading to more maturity and acceptance of personal responsibility, a greater respect for cultures around the world, an invigorating playfulness, an excitement about change, and an appetite for the unpredictable.”

Wynton Marsalis

The Vibe of Great Teams

Teamwork, at its best, is a situation in which participants willingly support each other, working together as one, each team member bringing:

• virtuosity• optimism• mutual respect• good will• the desire to make it feel

good.

- adapted from Monty Alexander

Help from Jazzthink

For more ideas and resources, visit

www.jazzthink.com