Team Building: A Central Skill

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Team BuildingA Central Skill
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Overview

• Four stages of group growth
• Group growth feelings behaviors
• Groups versus teams
• Characteristics of highly effective teams

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Stages Of Group Growth
PERFORMING
NORMING
STORMING
FORMING
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Source Peter Scholtes, The Team Hanbook
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Group Growth Feelings
PERFORMING
FORMING
STORMING
NORMING
INSIGHTFULNESS
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
RESISTANCE
EXCITEMENT
SATISFACTION
ANTICIPATION
ACCEPTANCE
OPTIMISM
RELIEF
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Group Growth Behavior
PERFORMING
FORMING
STORMING
NORMING
PERSONAL DISCUSSIONS
ABSTRACT DISCUSSIONS
ARGUING
CONSTRUCTIVE SELF-CHANGE
IDENTIFYING THE TASK
BID FOR POWER
COMMON GOALS
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
COMPLAINTS
TENSION
COHESION
TEAMWORK
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Groups versus Teams

• Teams have
• Stronger sense of identification
• Common goals or task
• Task interdependence
• More differentiated and specialized roles between
  team members

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Building Teams Forming
Purpose
Clarity
Commitment
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Purpose

• Clarity
• Team members clearly understand the goals to be
  achieved and the roles of each member
• Commitment
• The team believes its work is important and
  expends the necessary energy to achieve its
  objectives

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FORMING STAGE
COOL RUNNINGS
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Forming

• Tasks
• Provide orientation
• Create structure
• Define goals, direction and roles
• Define tasks and requisite skills
• Areas of focus
• Clarity
• Commitment

Establish Team Goals
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Building Teams Storming
Teamwork
Practices
Participation
Purpose
Clarity
Commitment
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TEAMWORK

• Practices
• Gather feedback
• Develop processes for making decisions
• Spend time reflecting on team successes and
  failures
• Participation
• Make sure everyone is encouraged to voice their
  ideas
• Insure members practice good listening skills

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STORMING STAGE
COOL RUNNINGS
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Storming

• Tasks
• Develop skills
• Redefine goals, roles and tasks
• Learn how to work together
• Remove emotional blocks
• Areas of focus
• Practices
• Participation

Establish team hierarchy expectations
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Building Teams Norming
Empowerment
Capabilities
Power
Teamwork
Practices
Participation
Purpose
Clarity
Commitment
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Empowerment

• Capabilities
• The team has the appropriate number and mix of
  team members to accomplish its goals
• Power
• The team functions as a cohesive unit and has
  confidence in its ability to succeed

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NORMING STAGE
COOL RUNNINGS
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Norming

• Tasks
• Deepen skills and understanding
• Increase productivity
• Share opinions and skills
• Evaluate critically and constructively
• Areas of focus
• Capabilities
• Power

Achieve multiple successes value team vs.
individual
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Building Teams Performing
Team Impact
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Performing Team Impact
High team morale Continue to deepen
skills Individuality and creativity are
high Cliques are absent Make efficient use of time
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PERMORMING STAGE
COOL RUNNINGS
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Summary

• Four stages of group growth
• Group growth feelings behaviors
• Groups versus teams
• Characteristics of highly effective teams

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REMEMBER THIS

• OGETHER

VERYONE
TEAM
CHIEVES
ORE
Synergy is the action of two or more parts to
achieve an effect which each is individually
incapable.