[tm]forming teams

Forming Teams

“All for one, one for all!”

Take notes carefully, there are bonus tasks for your team in this ppt

Session objectives

• Understand the concept of team• Realize the importance of team work• Understand the elements of a

successful team• Create commitment with the team for

the conference’s activities• Choose team leader

Splitting into teams

Group vs. team

Group- Several people with common objectives,

usually together for the satisfaction of affective needs.

Team- Teams are people with common objectives

acting together to strive the accomplishment of specific goals.

Why Teams?

• When several people use their skills and knowledge together, the result should be a better project.

• People working together can sustain the enthusiasm and lend supportneeded to complete the project.

Team Cohesion• Cohesion is the force by which the

molecules of a substance are held together.

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” (Babe Ruth)

Seven Key Elements - Cone of Cohesion

Goals and Objectives

• Clarify the team dreams into team goals• Define the mission and vision statement• Obtain commitment of the team members to

achieve the goals and objectives• Ensure task connects to needs and meaningful

outcomes (perceived value)

Right Resources

• Get the “right resources”, not necessarily the “best”

• Clarify roles and responsibilities• Individual attitude versus

cohesiveness with the team• Mutual respect and trust• Diversity

Communications

• Team meetings (frequent and consistent)

• Provide feedback onperformance

• Use of “we and our” versus “I and me”

Game Plan

• Methodologies, Project Plans, Team Charter

• Defines how the project will be managed and executed

• Provides the team with a plan for achieving the established goals andobjectives

• Establishes continuity/consistency in practices

Training

• COACH: Training specific to the organization and the game plan

• Career path, supported by competency model and training

• Encourage employeesto not just be participants,but also be instructors

Rewards

• Challenging project• Gaining new experience• Awards/trophies• Celebrate the victories

– Team events/outings– Dinner– Gifts

Leadership

• Lead by example• Set the initial team goals• Accept individual differences in team

members• Praise team cooperation regardless

of outcome

TEAM COHESION BONUS TASK!

• Describe one concrete action someone in the team took to achieve one of the 7 team cohesion elements

• 5 points for each action• Maximum one action per element• Deadline for delivery of paper with actions

description: 19/may (tomorrow) - 10h30m

Does a team starts a great team since the begining?

• As most things, teams evolves

• Members gradually learn to deal with each other and the pressures that they face.

• The team goes through the fairly predictable stages

Stages in Team Building

FormingForming

StormingStorming

NormingNorming

PerformingPerforming

Stage 1:FORMING

• Team Building –Define team–Determine

individual roles–Develop trust

and communication

–Develop norms

• Task–Define

problem and strategy

–Identify information needed

Stage 2:STORMING

During the Storming stage team members:– realize that the task is more difficult

than they imagined;–have fluctuations in attitude about

chances of success; –may be resistant to the task;–have poor collaboration.

NegotiatingConflict

• Separate problem issues from people issues.

• Clarify the core issues.• Listen carefully to each person’s

point of view.• Check understanding by restating

the core issues.

Stage 3Stage 3NormingNorming

• During this stage members accept:– their team;– team rules and procedures;– their roles in the team; and,– the individuality of fellow members.

• Team members realize that they are not going to crash-and-burn and start helping each other.

Behaviors in the norming stage

• Competitive relationships become more cooperative.

• There is a willingness to confront issues and solve problems.• Teams develop the ability to express

criticism constructively.• There is a sense of team spirit.

Stage 4Performing

Team members have:– gained insight into personal and team

processes;– a better understanding of each other’s

strengths and weaknesses;– gained the ability to prevent or work through

group conflict and resolve differences;– developed a close attachment to

the team.

TEAM BUILDING BONUS TASK

• Describe one concrete behavior someone had that shows the team was in one of the 4 stages of team building.

• 10 points for each action• Maximum one action per stage• Deadline for delivery of paper with actions

description: 19/may (tomorrow) - 10h30m

Benefits of a Cohesive Team

• commitment to the shared vision• Shared objectives and goals• Team is able to attain their full potentialpotential• Higher motivation for the team members• Better communications throughout the team and

organization• Increased employee retention• More successful projects• Mutual respect and trust• Continuous feedbacks• shared leadership

Time to rock

• 1st: Choose team leader• 2nd: be just with 4 feet and 4

hands in the floor.• You CAN’T start 2nd task before

delivering the paper with the 1st.• Deadline: in 10 minutes

Questions?

Thanks!

• Happy team building, remember not only the leader, but ALL are responsible for a great team.