Team Building Workshop

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Chandramowly
 Once upon a time...

A team of students had four members called

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There
was an important job to be done. Everybody was
sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could
have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got
angry about that because it was Everybody’s job.
Everybody thought Anybody could do it but Nobody
realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up
that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did
what Anybody could have done.
- Graham Gibbs, “Learning in Teams”
It is not about $ - it is about time

Rate of change Technology

Companies
Business
Society
People

Legal Systems
Governments

Today Time
 Team Effectiveness Model
Organizational and Team
Team Design
Team Environment Effectiveness

• Reward systems •Task characteristics

•Team size • Achieve
• Communication
organizational
systems •Team composition goals
• Physical space
• Satisfy member
• Organizational needs
Team Processes
environment
• Maintain team
• Organizational •Team development survival
structure •Team norms
• Organizational •Team roles
leadership •Team cohesiveness
 Stages of Team Development
Performing

Norming

Storming

Existing teams
Forming might regress Adjourning
back to an
earlier stage of
development
 Nominal Group Technique

Individual Team Individual

Activity Activity Activity

Possible
Write down Vote on
Describe solutions
possible solutions
problem described
solutions presented
to others
 Group Polarization Process
High Risk
Decision Process
Team Decision

Social Support
Individual Persuasion
Opinions
Shifting Responsibility

Team Decision

Low Risk
 Job Security versus Employability

Job Security Employability

• Lifetime job security • Limited job security

• Jobs are permanent • Jobs are temporary

• Company manages • Career self

self--
career management

• Low emphasis on skill • High emphasis on skill

development development
 Structure of the Team

Has all the knowledge and skills needed

Autonomy to complete the project
Start-to-end accountability for the change
Authority to implement
Gets the support and training it needs
Typically five to eight members

..the team acts on behalf of the sponsor to get the results

Building Trust & Teamwork

T = CXI
R
T = Trust
C = Credibility
I = Intimacy
R = Risk
Key Needs of Teams

Constructive Common
Conflict Goals Leadership
Resolution

Respect Interaction and

for Involvement of
Differences All Members
What
Teams
Need
Maintenance
Mutual Trust of Individual
Self-Esteem

Attention to Power Open

Process and within Group Commun-
Content to Make ication
Decisions

Source: How to Lead Work Teams: Facilitation Skills, Fran Rees.

Stages in Team Development

7. Renewal 1. Orientation
Why am I here?
Why continue? Do I belong?

Do I want to be here?

6. High performance 2. Trust building\

Characterized by: Who are you?
· Team survey
· High quality What do you
output expect of me?

5. Implementation
How will things be done?
3. Goal clarification
Who does What, When, What are we doing?
and Where?
4. Decision making
How will decisions be made?
Causes of Team Cohesiveness
Member
Similarity

External Member
Challenges Interaction
Team
Cohesiveness
Team Team
Success Size

Somewhat
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