Mary Beth Hazeldine/Building Better Teams

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Building Better Teams


Description
Teams are an important building block of successful organizations. Whether the focus is on service, quality, cost, value, speed, efficiency, performance, or other similar goals, teams are the basic unit that supports most organizations.

Objectives
After you complete this course, you will be able to understand the value of working as a team, develop team norms, ground rules, and team contacts, identify your team player style and how it can be used effectively with your own team, build team trust, identify the stages of team development and how to help a team move through them, recognize the critical role communication skills will play in building and maintaining a team atmosphere, and identify ways that team members can be involved and grow in a team setting.

Contents

Welcome

Session One: Course Overview

Course Overview
Learning Objectives
Pre-Assignment: What’s Your Team Player Type?
Identifying Your Characteristics and Preferences
Example
Questionnaire
Pre-Course Assessment

Session Two: Defining Teams

Defining Teams
What is a Team?
What Does That Mean?
Types of Teams
Making Connections

Session Three: Establishing Team Norms

Establishing Team Norms
Characteristics of Teams
Ground Rules
Team Contracts
Sample Team Contract

Session Four: Working as a Team

Working as a Team
Putting it Into Perspective
No Need for Black and White Thinking
Degrees of Support

Session Five: Your Team Player Type

Your Team Player Type
What’s Your Team Player Type?
Your Score
What Does it Mean To Have a Number?
Mostly A’s – Inquiring Rationals
Mostly B’s – Authentic Idealists
Mostly C’s – Organized Guardians
Mostly D’s – Resourceful Artisans
What’s Important?
My Team Style

Session Six: Building Team Trust

Building Team Trust
Why is Trust Important?
What Happens When Teams Trust Each Other?
Building Trust

Session Seven: The Stages of Team Development

The Stages of Team Development
Introduction
Stage One: Forming
Stage Two: Storming
Stage Three: Norming
Stage Four: Performing
Stage Five: Adjourning
Activity
Forming an Effective Team
Making Connections

Session Eight: Virtual Teams

Virtual Teams
Virtual Teams
Strategies for Virtual Team Success
Scheduling and Conducting Team Meetings
Team Building in a Virtual Environment
Informal Bonding Interaction

Session Nine: Communication

Communication
Defining Communication
Listening Skills
Tips for Becoming a Better Listener

Session Ten: Becoming a Good Team Player

Becoming a Good Team Player
Attitude is Everything

Personal Action Plan

Personal Action Plan
Starting Point
Where I Want to Go
How I Will Get There

Course Summary

Course Summary
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Course Completion