TEAM BUILDING

Collaboration Through
Team Building

Denny McElhoe, Senior Training Specialist

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Collaboration Through Team Building

 

Session Objectives:

• Identify and understand teams and how they function.

•Demonstrate the skills necessary for the development of an  

  effective team.

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The Most Effective Teams:

• Share information openly

• Participate in the team’s task

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• Encourage each other

• Use all of the team’s resources

 

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Activity:

  Complete the Self-Awareness Assessment. 

•Decide whether each of the statements is true (T) or false (F) 

or if you are uncertain (?). 

•Place your check in the appropriate column to the right
of each statement.

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When groups are formed into teams:

• Roles and interactions are not established.

• Some members may observe as they attempt to determine

   what’s expected of them.

• Others engage the team process immediately.

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• As members learn their roles they find ways to work

  together and learn about team issues.

• These processes occur in 4 stages.

 

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      Stage One - Forming

  Period in which members are often guarded in their interactions because

they’re not sure what to expect from other team members.

  This is also the period in which members  form opinions of their teammates.

  During this stage, productivity is low. 

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Forming – Enhance Team Development by:

• Share responsibility

• Encourage open dialogue

• Provide structure

• Direct team issues

• Develop a climate of trust and respect.

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    Stage two - Storming

  Characterized by competition and strained relationships among team members. 

There are various degrees of conflict dealing with issues of power, leadership 

and decision- making.  This is the most critical stage for the team.

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Storming - Enhance Team Development by:

• Joint problem solving.

• Norms for different points of view.

• Decision-making procedures.

• Encourage two-way communication.

• Support collaborative team efforts.

 

 

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    Stage three -Norming  

  Characterized by cohesiveness among members. In this phase, members realize 

their commonalities and learn to appreciate their differences.

  Functional relationships are developed resulting in the evolution of trust among members. 

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Norming - Enhance Team Development by:

• Communicate frequently and openly about concerns.

• Encourage members to manage the team process.

• Give positive and constructive feedback.

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• Support consensus decision-making efforts.

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• Delegate to team members as much as possible.

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  Stage four -Performing

  The team now possesses the capability to define tasks, work through relationships, and manage team conflicts by themselves.  

  Communication is open and supportive.  Members interact with without fear of rejection.           

  Leadership is participative and shared. Different viewpoints and information is shared openly.

      Conflict is now viewed as a catalyst that generates creativity in the problem-solving process.

 

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Performing - Enhance Team Development by:

 

 

• Offer feedback when requested.

• Support new ideas and ways for achieving outcomes.

• Encourage ongoing self-assessment.

• Develop team members to their fullest potential.

•Look for ways to increase the team’s capacity

 

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REMEMBER!!!

Any change in the composition of the team or its

leadership will return the team to the forming stage.

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The most effective teams arrive at decisions through consensus by following a rational process that include:

 

• Identifying the issue.

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• Setting a specific objective.

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• Gathering and analyzing the facts.

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• Developing alternatives.

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• Evaluating the alternatives.

• Deciding and acting. 

 

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In addition to the problem solving process, teams must also

engage in interpersonal interaction. 

Decisions are made and objectives are achieved not only

by effectively following the  problem solving process, but

also to the extent that team members share information in

an open, candid, honest, and trustful manner.

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Activity:

“Hurricane Disaster”  -  problem solving and team           building exercise.

 

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Problem Solving Process

• Identifying the issue.

• Setting a specific objective.

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• Gathering and analyzing the facts.

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• Developing alternatives.

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• Evaluating the alternatives.

• Deciding and acting.

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“Hurricane Disaster” Activity - Five essential strategies:

1. Issue an evacuation order and ensure it is communicated

    throughout the entire community using all available resources.

2. Order that all designated emergency shelters be opened and

    manned.

3. Instruct all public safety units to aid in an orderly evacuation

    and in assisting those who cannot be evacuated to be transported

    to the designated emergency shelters.

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“Hurricane Disaster Activity” - Five essential strategies:

4. Arrange for controlled access to evacuated areas and prepare

    to prevent looting.

5. Plan for the return of the evacuees after the hurricane danger

    is over: including shelter and relocation, damage assessment,

    and recovery operations.

 

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In Review:

•  Differences between groups and teams.

•  4 Stages of team development and ways to enhance team
   development.

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• Team problem solving process.

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• Experienced the team building and problem solving processes.

 

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Published By : EM Club

 

Editor IT : Erastus S. (tipsbarudipercaya)

 

 

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