TEAM WORK & TEAM BUILDING

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AUDIENCE

This workshop is designed for anyone who identifies that team work can lead to better scope of success, wants to be an effective part of a team and improve performance through team work.

ACHIEVABLES

This two day workshop will cover practical topics like improving team communication, stimulating creativity, solving problems as a team, resolving internal and external conflict, and obtaining consensus. We’ll also discuss some theory on team-building, including your team player style, Tuckman and Jensen’s stages of team development, DeBono’s six thinking hats, and Glenn Parker’s twelve team characteristics. In addition, you’ll receive tools to help you grow, such as SWOT analysis and team action plans.

OUTLINE

 
ü Introduction and Course Overview

ü Organizations Today

ü Types of Teams

ü Developing Team Norms

ü Stages of Team Development

o   Forming

o   Storming

o   Norming

o   Performing

ü Parker’s Characteristics

o   Clear Purpose

o   Informality

o   Participation

o   Listening

ü  Civilized Disagreements and Consensus 

ü Open Communication

o   Objective

o   Method

o   Structure

o   Feedback

ü Clear Roles and Assignments

ü Shared Leadership

ü Scrambled Eggs

ü Glenn Parker Team Survey

ü Trust/Relationship Model

ü Creativity

ü DeBono’s Thinking Hats

ü Team-Shaping Factors

ü Problem Identification

ü Steps for Effective Problem-Solving

o   Exploration

o   Analysis

o   Evaluation

o   Other Problem-Solving Techniques

ü Interventions

ü Resolving Conflict

ü SWOT Analysis

ü Team Action Plans

o   Planning Tools

o   Individual Action Plans

ü Workshop Wrap-Up