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Transcript of Building & Maintaining a TEAM Presented By Dennis I. Blender, Ph.D. Blender Consulting Group.
Building & Maintaining
a TEAM
Presented By
Dennis I. Blender, Ph.D.
Blender Consulting Group
Team Building
DefinitionA team is an energetic group of people, committed to achieving a common objective, who work well together, enjoy doing so, and produce high quality results.
Team building is a process designed to create a work climate where members can achieve work satisfaction by directing their energy, creativity and imagination toward improving their work and work environment.
Teamwork is characterized by the team’s willingness to examine it’s process so as to continuously improve itself as a team and as individuals.
Benefits – Increased productivity, efficiency– Increased trust, respect– Better serve “customers” – internal and external– Greater stability, security– Achievement of business objectives and personal
goals– Willingness to take risks, try new things– Greater comfort level– Clarification of goals, roles, procedures,
relationships– Create collaboration and reduce competition– Better able to handle change
Stages of Team Development
Stage 1 – Testing– Team begins to form; people try to define their role– Perceptions are fine-tuned to subtle, nonverbal
messages– Conventional means of getting involved, interacting– Gradual development of personal exchanges,
contact– Question to be answered –
• How do I fit into this team?• Do I want to be on this “bus”?
Stage 2 – Infighting– Sorting out of personal relationships– Alliances are formed– Leader is watched and evaluated by members– Questions to be answered –
• Who controls the team?• How is control exercised?• What happens to “delinquents”?• Who stays on the “bus”? Who gets off the
“bus”?
Stage 3 – Getting Organized– People want to work together – commitment to the
common goal– Each member recognizes mutual support and
interest– Listening and respect increases– Problems are handled creatively, flexibly,
constructively– Questions to be answered –
• How do we get the work done and get better?• Where do we sit on the “bus”?
Stage 4 – Mature Closeness– Members develop rapport and closeness– Members extend themselves for their
colleagues– Informality becomes the norm– Individual roles, contributions are recognized,
secured– Observers are aware of the team’s closeness– Questions to be answered –
• How do we stay together?• Where do we go from here?• Where else can the “bus” go?
Effective Team Characteristics
Clear &Elevated
Goal
CollaborativeClimate
CompetentTeam
Members
ExternalSupport &
Recognition
Results -Driven
Structure
PrincipledLeadership
Standards Of
Excellence
UnifiedCommitment
TeamExcellence
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Effective Team Characteristics
Clear & Elevated Goal– Goal to be achieved or purpose to be served– Worthwhile and challenging objective– Clear consequences connected with
achievement– Compelling enough to create a team identity
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Results-Driven Structure– A team design determined by results to be
achieved– Clear lines of authority and accountability– Methods for monitoring individual performance
and providing feedback– Decision-making process encourages fact-based
judgments– Communication system:
• Information is easily accessible• Credible sources of information• Informal opportunities to raise issues• Methods for documenting issues and
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Competent Team Members
–Possess essential skills and abilities to accomplish objectives
–Individuals demonstrate strong desire to contribute
–Members are confident in the abilities of each other
–Individuals capable of collaborating effectively with each other
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Effective Team Characteristics
Unified Commitment– Achieving the team goal is a higher priority than any
individual objective– Personal success is achieved through team success– Willingness to devote whatever effort is necessary________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Collaborative Climate– Members trust each other to share information,
perceptions and feedback– Members compensate for each others’ shortcomings– Members trust each other to act competently and
responsibly– The team embraces a common set of guiding values________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Effective Team Characteristics
Standards of Excellence– High standards established– Members require each other to perform
according to the standards– The team exerts pressure on members to
improve performance____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
External Support and Recognition– Availability of necessary resources– Support from critical constituencies– Sufficient recognition for accomplishments– Reward and recognition system
• Clearly defined• Viewed as appropriate• Tied to individual performance• Tied to team performance
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Principled Leadership
–Provides the necessary autonomy to achieve results
–Willing to confront inadequate performance
–Presents challenging opportunities which stretch individual abilities
–Recognizes and rewards superior performance
–Open to new ideas and information
–Influential with outside constituents
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