What is a Team?

Purpose

• The purpose of this document is to describe a team, any team.

Team

• Team is a number of people organized to function cooperatively as a group.

Your Team

• So, for your team, you are:

– Doing something for someone by

– Getting other people to help you, either

– Directly (Supplies) or

– Indirectly (Facilities)

Team Roles

• Therefore, types of team

roles are:

• Customer,

• Owner,

• Supplier, and

• Facilitator

T eam O w n er

F acilita tor

C u stom er

S u p p lier

D irect

In d irect

Team Ownership

• Using this strategic team definition, there is:

– Team membership and

– Team ownership

• You own a team if you are organizing people for a purpose.

A ren a o f P u rp o se

T ea m P u rp o se

Team Diagram

T ea m O w n er

F a cilita to r

C u sto m er

S u p p lier

D irect

A ren a o f P u rp o se

T ea m P u rp o se

In d irect

Teamwork

• Teamwork is the cooperation of the group.

– Your team members bring power to the group.

– They have teams behind them.

– Teamwork is the increase in power caused by working together.

Teamwork Diagram

T ea m w o rk

In h er ited T ea m s

S u p p lier 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

F a c ilita to r 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

O w n er 's T ea m a n dP u rp o se

C u sto m er 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

W ith In h er ited P o ten tia l

T ea m R o le In p u t -- T ea m w o rk P ro cess -- T ea m O u tp u t

SupplierInput--P rocess--

Output

Facilita torInput--P rocess--

Output

OwnerInput--P rocess--

Output

CustomerInput--P rocess--

Output

Power Measurement (PM)

• Teamwork is measured by measuring power.

– The power of teams is the reason we work together.

– The power of tools is the reason we use equipment.

Understand the Power

• To be good team members, we must understand the power of the people and things around us.

Power Measurement

• Power measurement measures change.

– For example:

• It defines what goes in and what comes out of a process, Without caring about how that change is accomplished.

In p u t

C h a n g e

P ro cess O u tp u t

Maximize Team Power

• As an added benefit, power measurement defines both power potential and actual power usage. – For example: one teammate

may be underused and another overused.

• Knowing this, power measurement helps maximize the team power.

Teamwork from PM

– Power measurement defines the team.

• PM defines the big picture (the strategy, the power) so sequence and timing will be more obvious to teammates.

•

PM example:

• PM tells you who needs the equipment and why.

• PM tells you who share the floor space and their share.

• PM tells you facility requirements and actual facilities.

PM example cont.

• PM measures team power with the players on the floor.

• PM tells you the role you will play depending on how the team matches up with the players on the floor.

Strategy

• Focusing on one team, the definition of strategy and team seem to come together; but,

• Notice the strategic entities bring with them other teams.

T ea m w o rk

In h er ited T ea m s

S u p p lier 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

F a c ilita to r 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

O w n er 's T ea m a n dP u rp o se

C u sto m er 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

W ith In h er ited P o ten tia l

T ea m R o le In p u t -- T ea m w o rk P ro cess -- T ea m O u tp u t

SupplierInput--P rocess--

Output

Facilita torInput--P rocess--

Output

OwnerInput--P rocess--

Output

CustomerInput--P rocess--

Output

Combining Strategies

• Strategic planning is the process of combining strategies.

– In life we share facilities and facilitators, we compete for customers, and we recognize markets.

• Strategic thinking requires defining several strategies and teams.

Strategic planning takes teamwork

T ea m w o rk

In h er ited T ea m s

S u p p lier 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

F a c ilita to r 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

O w n er 's T ea m a n dP u rp o se

C u sto m er 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

W ith In h er ited P o ten tia l

T ea m R o le In p u t -- T ea m w o rk P ro cess -- T ea m O u tp u t

SupplierInput--P rocess--

Output

Facilita torInput--P rocess--

Output

OwnerInput--P rocess--

Output

CustomerInput--P rocess--

Output

Teamwork Diagram

T ea m w o rk

In h er ited T ea m s

S u p p lier 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

F a c ilita to r 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

O w n er 's T ea m a n dP u rp o se

C u sto m er 's T ea ma n d P u rp o se

W ith In h er ited P o ten tia l

T ea m R o le In p u t -- T ea m w o rk P ro cess -- T ea m O u tp u t

SupplierInput--P rocess--

Output

Facilita torInput--P rocess--

Output

OwnerInput--P rocess--

Output

CustomerInput--P rocess--

Output