1. Leadership Skills

2. Team Meetings • Set the agenda by defining goals and desired outcomes • Keep the meeting on task • Brainstorm ideas • Resolve differences by consensus • Assign follow-up tasks and items • Evaluate the session and end on time

3. Brainstorming to generate ideas • Define the problem • Set the ground rules • Treat participants with respect • All ideas have value • No debate or discussion of ideas • Document ideas

4. Reaching Consensus Consensus is a decision in which everyone participates and everyone can live with and support. • Develop criteria for the decision • Find areas of common agreement • Develop a consensus proposal • Ask for a show of consensus

5. Conflict is okay if managed! • Conflict is essential to critical thinking because members must feel the freedom to differ • Manage constructively • Use ground rules • Acknowledge differences as they occur • Look for common ground and identify alternatives • Resolve quickly by consensus

6. Team-building process • Forming - members learn their roles • Storming – members understand their differences often with conflict and disagreement • Norming – members recognize common interests and goals • Performing – members work productively to achieve their goals • Adjourning – members celebrate accomplishments