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What is a team?
A team is a number of persons associated together in work or activity: as a group on one side (as in football or debate).”
In other words, when one person cannot accomplish a job alone and several individuals must cooperate to fulfill a mission, you need a team. The better the cooperation, communication, and coordination among team members, the more efficient the team
Why Teams?
Teamwork distributes the work load
Teams develop a synergy
Teamwork develops diverse thinking which leads
to innovative problem solving. It also provides
team members an opportunity to work together
in a non-competitive environment and it builds
their self-confidence.
Start with objectives for developing a team
Teach team members how “teamwork” can be
effectively used.
Teach the basics of effective team strategies.
Develop and understanding of team development.
Make an assessment of the skills of each team member.
Establish the members of team and a team name
Set the teams goals and end results
Establish team rules
Develop team procedures including communication protocols
Discuss team control and the decision making process
Team conflict will occur guaranteed and hostility may arise causing a lack of team unity
Poor team performance due to storming This includes project creep or wheel-spinning Team performance slips and non-implemented decisions
due to conflict Unproductive meetings with unclear objectives and
scheduling problems This conflict will lead to members withdrawing into their
own work environment thus defeating the whole purpose of the team
This is when members of the team begin to mutually accept each other
Harmony starts to settle in and group bondingThe team starts to fall into place with a clear
purpose, group participation, open discussions, team listening, sharing of ideas and non-exclusive leadership
Other sensitive areas come together like civilized disagreement and team decision making
This is when the team becomes a problem solving machine
In other words, solutions start to emerge like flowing water and subjectives give way to the objectives
Stage 5 Team Completion
This is when the project is complete and the team is ready to disburse. This is an exciting time but a sad one as well. There is a sense of fulfillment and a loss of team unity.
Documentation needs to be complete before the team can disburse. This includes: Lessons learned Reports written Problems and Solutions
Communication exerciseThis type of team building exercise is exactly what it sounds like. Communications exercises are problem solving activities that are geared towards improving communication skills. The issues teams encounter in these exercises are solved by communicating effectively with each other.
• Goal: Create an activity which highlights the importance of good communication in team performance and/or potential problems with communication.
Problem-solving/decision-making exerciseProblem-solving/decision-making exercises focus specifically on groups wrking together to solve difficult problems or make complex decisions. These exercises are some of the most common as they appear to have the most direct link to what employers want their teams to be able to do.
• Goal: Give team a problem in which the solution is not easily apparent or requires the team to come up with a creative solution.
Planning/adaptability exercise
These exercises focus on aspects of planning and being adaptable to change. These are important things for teams to be able to do when they are assigned complex tasks or decisions.
• Goal: Show the importance of planning before implementing a solution
Trust exerciseA trust exercise involves engaging team members in a way that will induce trust between them. They are sometimes difficult exercises to implement as there are varying degrees of trust between individuals and varying degrees of individual comfort trusting others in general.
• Goal: Create trust between team members
If you only remember one thing remember this: a team is only as strong
as its weakest member so team members need to pull together to
accomplish the task at hand.