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Building-a-Team

The document discusses how to build effective teams. It defines a team and lists their key characteristics as having a common goal and approach, mutual accountability, trust and collaboration, shared leadership, and synergy. It also discusses the importance of team building, advantages of teams, and characteristics of good team building such as interdependence, clear goals, leadership, and rewarding the team. Effective teams are built through cohesion, maturity, composition, diversity, trust, goals, leadership, training, and risk-taking.

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Building-a-Team

The document discusses how to build effective teams. It defines a team and lists their key characteristics as having a common goal and approach, mutual accountability, trust and collaboration, shared leadership, and synergy. It also discusses the importance of team building, advantages of teams, and characteristics of good team building such as interdependence, clear goals, leadership, and rewarding the team. Effective teams are built through cohesion, maturity, composition, diversity, trust, goals, leadership, training, and risk-taking.

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BUILDING A TEAM

Learning Objectives
 Define the concept of a “team”
 Examine the five characteristics of a team
 Learn the role of teams in organizations
 Learn what makes a team effective
 Learn what is the role of a leader in a team
 Learn how to develop a focused team
 Review internal team building techniques
TEAM
 A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON
NAME, MISSION, HISTORY, SET OF GOALS OR
OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS.
 A ‘TEAM’S’ PERFORMANCE INCLUDES BOTH
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS AND WHAT WE CALL
‘COLLECTIVE WORK-PRODUCTS’.
 A ‘COLLECTIVE WORK-PRODUCT’ IS WHAT
TWO OR MORE MEMBERS MUST WORK ON
TOGETHER….(IT) REFLECTS THE JOINT, REAL
CONTRIBUTION OF TEAM MEMBERS.
Reasons For Team Building
 Improving  Helping participants
communication to learn more about
 Making the workplace themselves (strengths
more enjoyable and weaknesses)
 Motivating a team  Improving team
productivity
 Getting everyone
"onto the same page",  Practicing effective
including goal setting collaboration with
team members
Advantages Of Team Building
 Range Of Options
 Division Of Work
 Motivation
 Help in Decision Making
 Efficiency
Building A New Team
 Get upper-management support
 Define the purpose of your team
 Select team members
 Share the overall purpose
 Create the team mission statement
and goals
 Determine core team issues
 Establish team norms
Key Characteristics
of Teams

 A common goal and approach


 Mutual accountability
 Trust and collaboration
 Shared leadership
 Synergy
How Do Teams Fit
in Today’s Organizations?

Organizational Structure
Traditional Team-Based
Organization Organization
Occasional
Occasional Use
Use
of
of Teams
Teamsand
and
Employee
EmployeeParticipation
Participation
High Control High Involvement
by Management and Control by Workers
Control
Team Effectiveness
 Team goals: are developed through a group
process of team interaction and agreement
in which each team member is willing to
work toward achieving these goals.

 Participation: is actively shown by all team


members and roles are shared to facilitate
the accomplishment of tasks and feelings of
group togetherness.
Team Effectiveness
 Feedback: is asked for by members and
freely given as a way of evaluating the
team's performance and clarifying both
feelings and interests of the team members.
When feedback is given it is done with a
desire to help the other person.

 Team decision making: involves a process


that encourages active participation by all
members.
Team Effectiveness
 Leadership: is distributed and shared among
team members and individuals willingly
contribute their resources as needed.
 Problem solving: discussing team issues,
and critiquing team effectiveness are
encouraged by all team members.
 Conflict: is not suppressed. Team members
are allowed to express negative feelings and
confrontation within the team which is
managed and dealt with by team members.
Dealing with and managing conflict is seen
as a way to improve team performance.
Team Effectiveness
 Team member resources: talents, skills,
knowledge, and experiences are fully
identified, recognized, and used whenever
appropriate.

 Risk taking and creativity: are encouraged.


When mistakes are made, they are treated
as a source of learning rather than reasons
for punishment.
Effective Team Leaders
 Effective team leaders:
 Demonstrate assertiveness
 Exhibit a willingness to change
 Treat team members with respect
 Make themselves available & accessible
 Want to take charge
 Accept ownership for team decisions
 Set guidelines for how team members are to treat one
another
 Represent the team & fight a “good fight”when
appropriate
Effective Team Leaders
 Effective team leaders:
 Show loyalty to the company and to the team
members
 Create an atmosphere of growth

 Have wide visibility

 Give praise and recognition

 Criticize constructively and address problems

 Develop plans

 Share their mission and goals

 Display tolerance and flexibility


Effective Team Leaders
 Effective team leaders:
 Demonstrate assertiveness
 Exhibit a willingness to change
 Treat team members with respect
 Make themselves available & accessible
 Want to take charge
 Accept ownership for team decisions
 Set guidelines for how team members are to treat one
another
 Represent the team & fight a “good fight”when
appropriate
Building Effective Teams

 Building cohesion
 Building maturity
 Building composition
 Handling diversity
 Developing trust
Building Effective Teams
 Setting clear goals
 Selecting team members
 Providing leadership
 Providing training
 Rewarding the team
Characteristics Of Good Team Building
•High level of interdependence among team members
•Team leader has good people skills and is committed to
team approach
•Each team member is willing to contribute
•Team develops a relaxed climate for communication
•Team members develop a mutual trust
•Team and individuals are prepared to take risks
•Team is clear about goals and establishes targets
•Team member roles are defined
•Team members know how to examine team and individual
errors without personal attacks
•Team has capacity to create new ideas
•Each team member knows he can influence the team
agenda

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