© 2005 Competitive Excellence The power of working as a team From your group’s perspective what...

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© 2005 Competitive Excellence© 2005 Competitive Excellence

The power of working as a The power of working as a teamteam

From your group’s From your group’s perspective what are the top perspective what are the top 5 characteristics of the ideal 5 characteristics of the ideal team? Put in order from team? Put in order from most important 1most important 1stst..

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Team Dynamics and its Team Dynamics and its elementselements

CommunicationCommunication Motivating team membersMotivating team members Team member responsibilitiesTeam member responsibilities What does each member valueWhat does each member value PrioritiesPriorities PerceptionsPerceptions Team member accountability Team member accountability

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Blue team memberBlue team member

Loyal and friendly and will accommodate othersLoyal and friendly and will accommodate others Open to new members joining the teamOpen to new members joining the team Seek to build relationships with team membersSeek to build relationships with team members Encourage friendly dialogue and open Encourage friendly dialogue and open discussionsdiscussions Can read the emotional and personal needs of Can read the emotional and personal needs of membersmembers Believe all team members have an equal sayBelieve all team members have an equal say Will listen to members concernsWill listen to members concerns Read the non-verbal messages of membersRead the non-verbal messages of members Want bad feelings to be resolved quicklyWant bad feelings to be resolved quickly Avoid arguments, conflict and confrontationAvoid arguments, conflict and confrontation Enjoy giving appreciation and approvalEnjoy giving appreciation and approval Will defend and support team membersWill defend and support team members Your peacemakers and arbitratorsYour peacemakers and arbitrators Promote creativity and imaginationPromote creativity and imagination Quick to cooperate and compromiseQuick to cooperate and compromise

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Gold team memberGold team member

Process oriented, methodical and reliableProcess oriented, methodical and reliable Like opportunities to leadLike opportunities to lead Want to help define the structure and organizationWant to help define the structure and organization Need timeframes and objectivesNeed timeframes and objectives Need to know overall mission and milestonesNeed to know overall mission and milestones Meticulous and the team’s workhorseMeticulous and the team’s workhorse Urge team members to work hardUrge team members to work hard Avoids quick changes or discarding traditional Avoids quick changes or discarding traditional practicespractices Concerned with doing things right and the right orderConcerned with doing things right and the right order Process is as important as the resultsProcess is as important as the results Avoid indecision and unprofessional behaviorAvoid indecision and unprofessional behavior Establishes schedules, routines, plans and proceduresEstablishes schedules, routines, plans and procedures Don’t like to waste time discussing other possibilitiesDon’t like to waste time discussing other possibilities Notices the small details overlooked and dot the I’sNotices the small details overlooked and dot the I’s

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Green team memberGreen team member

Are visionary, analytical and knowledgeableAre visionary, analytical and knowledgeable Objectively detach from the past and focus on the Objectively detach from the past and focus on the futurefuture Seek well-conceived fresh solutions to problemsSeek well-conceived fresh solutions to problems Don’t like routineDon’t like routine Encourage nontraditional and progressive thinkingEncourage nontraditional and progressive thinking Prefer to work on specific jobs for their expertisePrefer to work on specific jobs for their expertise Listen to well-reasoned, rational and coherent argumentListen to well-reasoned, rational and coherent argument Appreciate competent and capable yet modest Appreciate competent and capable yet modest membersmembers Concerned with flaws and miscalculationsConcerned with flaws and miscalculations Ask many questions, scrutinize facts, explore theoriesAsk many questions, scrutinize facts, explore theories Discover solutions scientifically and systematicallyDiscover solutions scientifically and systematically Devote extra time to perfect and can lose track of timeDevote extra time to perfect and can lose track of time May have difficulty chitchatting and socializingMay have difficulty chitchatting and socializing Thrive on making sense of the unintelligibleThrive on making sense of the unintelligible

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Orange team memberOrange team member

Bold energetic and action orientedBold energetic and action oriented Adds spark to a teamAdds spark to a team Focus on results; the end justifies the meansFocus on results; the end justifies the means Enjoy persuading and negotiating with team Enjoy persuading and negotiating with team membersmembers Will maneuver people and circumstance to Will maneuver people and circumstance to advantageadvantage Rules and guidelines are viewed as restrictionsRules and guidelines are viewed as restrictions Direct and straightforwardDirect and straightforward What the project or process to be fun/stimulatingWhat the project or process to be fun/stimulating Avoid boring meetings and prolonged discussionsAvoid boring meetings and prolonged discussions Compel others to move at a faster paceCompel others to move at a faster pace Keep their eye on the prizeKeep their eye on the prize Troubleshoots crises swiftly and quicklyTroubleshoots crises swiftly and quickly Promote independence and freedom to act on Promote independence and freedom to act on impulseimpulse Will use humor and build camaraderieWill use humor and build camaraderie Prefer a lighthearted environmentPrefer a lighthearted environment

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More on our brainMore on our brain

Left Brain Right BrainLeft Brain Right Brain

Recognizes serial events Interprets Recognizes serial events Interprets simultaneouslysimultaneously

1000 words The picture1000 words The picture

Specializes in Text Specializes in Specializes in Text Specializes in contextcontext

Focuses on Focuses on whatwhat is said Focuses on is said Focuses on how how it’s saidit’s said

Good at analysis Good at synthesisGood at analysis Good at synthesis

Grasps the detail Grasps the big Grasps the detail Grasps the big picture picture

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Where are we headed???Where are we headed???

Agricultural AgeAgricultural Age

Industrial AgeIndustrial Age

Information AgeInformation Age

Conceptual AgeConceptual Age

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The Conceptual Age- The Conceptual Age- compassion/carecompassion/care

The age of high concept/high touchThe age of high concept/high touch

No longer IQ- it’s now EQNo longer IQ- it’s now EQ

Left Brain to Right BrainLeft Brain to Right Brain

From MBA to MFAFrom MBA to MFA

Thought processes becoming Thought processes becoming metaphoricalmetaphorical

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Facial ExpressionsFacial Expressions

7 basic human emotions have 7 basic human emotions have clear facial signs:clear facial signs:

AngerAnger SadnessSadness FearFear SurpriseSurprise DisgustDisgust ContemptContempt HappinessHappiness

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Men versus womenMen versus women

Women are better at reading facial Women are better at reading facial expressions and detecting liesexpressions and detecting lies

Women’s brain are hard-wired for Women’s brain are hard-wired for empathyempathy

Men’s brain for understanding in Men’s brain for understanding in building systemsbuilding systems

Men Systemize and Women Men Systemize and Women empathizeempathize

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The Age of GamingThe Age of Gaming

Work is left brain Play is right Work is left brain Play is right brainbrain

Left is logical and limitedLeft is logical and limited

Right is unlimitedRight is unlimited

Right brain appreciates humor Right brain appreciates humor involving incongruity and surpriseinvolving incongruity and surprise

Video games are great for Video games are great for learning- not memorizing isolated learning- not memorizing isolated facts but connecting & manipulatingfacts but connecting & manipulating

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Working togetherWorking together

Albert Einstein- “ Games are the Albert Einstein- “ Games are the most elevated form of most elevated form of investigation”investigation”

Left Brain- Maze Right Brain- Left Brain- Maze Right Brain- LabyrinthLabyrinth-Disorienting - Centering-Disorienting - Centering

““People who laugh together can People who laugh together can work together”work together”

““If you had $20 million in the bank If you had $20 million in the bank or 10 years to live- would you be or 10 years to live- would you be doing what you are doing??? doing what you are doing???

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Don’t Just Stand There, Don’t Just Stand There, Sell Something!Sell Something!

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