Effective teamwork What is a team

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

AIM:
To allow delegates an opportunity
to practise Teamwork in a practical way
using a series of outdoor activities
OBJECTIVE:
• To develop and improve team skills.
• See the benefits of teamwork.
• Experience the important criteria for
• Managing effective teamwork.
• Take a look at good process.
• Worthwhile team experience with fun.


WHAT IS A TEAM ?
Types of Groups

Synergy = The combined effect of parts that exceed their individual effects.

TEAMS: THREE KEY ISSUES
• LEADERSHIP
• TRUST
• IDENTITY


Building the Effective Team
COMMITTMENT
KNOWLEDGE

Unusual potential

TECHNIQUES

Promote Discovery
though

Effective Questioning / Listening
What process to apply.
Manage the flow of ideas.

APPLICATION

Knowledge & Techniques

To real situations


BARRIER
CULTURAL
TASK FOCUSED
INDIVIDUAL:

LOCATION
SIZE

1. Skill
2. Belief
3. Attitude

THE KEY TO EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK

• COMMUNICATION
• LISTENING
• TEAM DIVERSITY
• MOTIVATION
• RESOLVING CONFLICT


Key Themes
To building the Effective Team.
Power of Process
Separate Task into series of ordered steps

Promoting Discovery
Brainstorming

Play to Strength
•Initially play to strength
•Then overcome weaknessed
•Reason
•Confidence
•Competence

Dealing with Change


Team Preformance.
3 Critical Variables
Normally the main focus.

Task
Requirements

Most ignored

Individual
Needs
Team
Dynamics

Team Dynamics……… 6 C’s
•Confusion
•Conflict
•Control
•Co operation
•Consensus
•Commitment


Alignment =
The Committed Dynamic Team
Alignment

TASK

TEAM

INDIVIDUAL

EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK
Here are a few good suggestions for your teamwork.
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Meet prior to activities to decide the following role:

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Co-ordinator / Leader.
Time – Keeper.
Rules co-ordinator for each event.
Remember the co-ordinator’s / leader’s job is to direct
the group (not do all the task work)
And to ensure effective teamwork.

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2. Manage your team tasks, utilizing the correct sequence
and behaviour as appropriate eg:
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Clear Objective

Select several ideas on approach.
Evaluation of ideas with a contingency plan.
Allocation of Roles to all team members.
Mini Critique Reviews to improve action.

3.

Incorporate good team process into your activities ie:

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Listening
Idea Generation.
Risk Stratagies.
Feedback on unhelpful behaviours.
Utilizing conflict positively.
Expression of feelings / frustrations.
Trust / Loyalty and Commitment.


Outdoor Dynamics
Team
Name of participant:______________________
Assessing Team Effectiveness

The following are examples of the elements to be assessed in a
developing team's performance
Consider where your own team's performance scores on the following scales.
Circle the appropriate number.
1.Communication ability
Guarded, cautious
2. Feelings of mutual support
Each person for him/herself,
highly individualistic.

1234567

Open, honest

1234567

Genuine concern for others,
high cohesion

1234567

Clear to all, understood
and committed to.

4. Handling conflicts
Use of denial, avoidance
suppression.

1234567

Face up to conflicts, differences
expressed and tackled

5. Trust between individuals
Withholding of information
low trust, suspicion

1234567

Common sharing of Information
high trust

1234567

Self-control, high levels of
self-direction and sharing
decision making

7. Use of Resources
Poor usage, duplication
and time wasting

1234567

Fully used, work interdependently

8. Leadership
Group leadership needs
not met

1234567

Needs met. Leadership
accepted and respected.

9. Participation and commitment
Few dominate,cliquish
low commitment to team.

1234567

High participation, and
commitment to learn

3. Group goals
Poor, not understood

6. Control
Control is imposed,
high use of authority


MISSION STATEMENT
TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE MORE
We work together to deliver added value.

We will allow

We will not allow

Creating Effective Teams & Leaders


MISSION STATEMENT
REACHING OUR POTENTIAL
We will work to reach our own potential to help the business achieve success.

We will allow

We will not allow

Creating Effective Teams & Leaders


MISSION STATEMENT
A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
We achieve our goals, in a fun and stimulating environment, which rewards
fairly and recognizes the need for work / life balance.

We will allow

We will not allow

Creating Effective Teams & Leaders