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It is important to maintain proper group dynamics within an organization. Here are some effective team building techniques that could be used
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Team Building Training Topics: • Requirements and features of a team • Bruce Tuckman’s model of team development • Understanding team dynamics –Johari Window • Giving and receiving feedback • Managing a team • The Role of the Leader • The importance of giving and receiving regular feedback
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TEAM BUILDING All Rights Reserved.
Team Definition “A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.” – [Katzenbach and Smith, 1994] All Rights Reserved.
Team Building Stages Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning Copyright Tuckman, Bruce. (1965). Developmental sequence in small groups. Psychological bulletin, 63, 384-399. All Rights Reserved.
Team Members • Feel moderately eager with high, positive expectations about what the team will accomplish • Feel concerned about how they will fit in and what will be expected of them • Are dependent on authority to provide direction Task Accomplishment • Low to moderate • Focus on defining goals, tasks, and strategies Leader Action Strategies: • Establish realistic goals • Set standards for team interaction • Clarify team tasks and team member roles and relationships • Demonstrate and teach skills • Monitor and give feedback on team performance • Make decisions and provide directions • ‘Directing’ style of leadership Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning Forming Stage – ‘Directing’ Leader All Rights Reserved.
Barriers to Team Building • Credibility of the project leader • Unclear project objectives • Changing goals and priorities • Lack of team definition and structure • Confusion about roles and responsibilities • Performance appraisals that fail to recognize teamwork • Excessive team size (Optimum size 7 – 25) All Rights Reserved.
Virtual Teams - Definition • Reasons for forming virtual teams: • Global organizations • Organization-wide projects • Home offices • 24-hr work on projects Teams of people who primarily interact electronically and who may meet face-to-face occasionally All Rights Reserved.
Handling Team Dynamics– Johari Window Model All Rights Reserved.
Johari Window • The Johari Window model was developed by American psychologists Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in the 1950's, while researching group dynamics. • Today the Johari Window model is especially relevant due to modern emphasis on, and influence of, 'soft' skills - behaviour, empathy, cooperation, inter-group development and interpersonal development. All Rights Reserved.
This is the standard representation of the Johari Window model, showing each quadrant to be of the same size. 1 Blind area 2 Open/Free area Hidden area Unknown area 3 4
Structure of Feedback • Feedback should be structured in 3 parts: • What worked? • What did not work or got stuck? • What should be done differently? All Rights Reserved.
MANAGING THE TEAM All Rights Reserved.
Managing the Team • Selection - Analyzing Team roles - Forming the Team - Establishing Team goals - Matching Team to Task • Bonding - Establishing Team Trust • Development - Balancing Skills within the Team - Ways to formulate Goals - Maximizing Team Performance - Improving Team Efficiency All Rights Reserved.
Managing the Team • Optimizing Performance - Maximizing Performance - Team Dynamics - Four Stages of Team Development - Managing Tactics - Resolving Conflicts • Assessment - Project or Goal Check All Rights Reserved.
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