Building Effective Teams
From this class forward, participants will participate in team problem solving simulations and experiencing a teambuilding process with fellow participants
| Summary: | Align the mission, goals and priorities of a team with the overall business strategy. |
| Benefit: | Managers foster greater collaboration between the members of their work team, resulting in less duplication of efforts, fewer communication breakdowns, improved business processes and greater productivity. |
Process
- Experience the challenges of teamwork in simulations demonstrating the elements that contribute toward effective teamwork:
- alignment on mission/purpose and shared goals/priorities
- shared responsibility/clearly defined complementary roles
- shared rewards and recognition
- effective communications
- participative leadership/shared responsibility
- mutual trust
- Receive feedback from their actual work team on how well their work team performs against the traits and characteristics of effective teams
Class Objectives
- Experience teambuilding as a process and distinguish that process from a single event
- Identify conditions under which effective teambuilding successfully occurs
- Gain commitment vs. compliance from team members
- Understand the importance of having alignment of purpose and shared goals/priorities
- Clarify roles within a team
Applied Skills
- Have ideas for shared rewards and recognition for teamwork
- Implement ideas to foster effective communications within a team
- Know how and when to involve others in decision-making
- Build trust in work teams
- Assess the effectiveness of teams
Creativity and Innovation Course Content
| Assessment Instrument: | Team Performance Assessment |
| Course Length: | ½ Day (3 ½ - 4 hours of content) |
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