Team Intervention Strategies: Team & Group;

Team Building Interventions

Presented by,

Nirmal.PR

INTERVENTION

To intervene is to enter into an ongoing system of relationships, to come between or among persons, groups, or objects for the purpose of helping them.

Distinction between Groups and Teams

• A work group is

- a number of persons

- usually reporting to a common superior

- having some face-to-face interaction

- persons have some degree of interdependence in carrying out tasks for the purpose of achieving organizational goals

• A team is

- a form of group

- has some characteristics in greater degree than ordinary groups

- and a higher degree of interdependency and interaction

Formal Group Team-Building Meeting • Goal: Improving the team’s effectiveness through

better management of task demands, relationship demands and group processes.

• Group critiques its performance, analyzes its ways of doing things and develop strategies to improve its operations.

• Meeting may be called for a special purpose; or it may primarily be devoted to maintaining and managing the group’s culture and processes.

• Initiated by the manager in consultation with the third party.

• Length for the meeting: Anywhere from one to three days.

• Sessions should be held away from workplace.

Different Types of Teams• Cross-Functional Teams: comprised of individuals

with functional home base- eg. Manufacturing, design, etc.- but they meet regularly to solve ongoing challenges requiring input from a number of functional areas

• Effective Teams: are relaxed, comfortable and informal

• High-Performance Teams: have strong personal commitment to each other- commitment to other’s growth and success

Components of effective teamThere are four essential components to an effective team:

1. Positive Corporate Culture

2. Give Recognition

A. Outstanding performance

B. Continued performance

C. Improved performance

3. Positive Feedback

4. Provide New Opportunities

Team Intervention

The purpose of this team is to help Employees/ Members of the team that are struggling in some way. This usually refers to performance but can include emotional/behavioral/social concerns.

Team-Building Interventions

The four main areas:DiagnosisTask AccomplishmentsTeam relationshipsTeam and organization processes

Steps in Team Intervention

Step 1 - Identify At-Risk Population Step 2 - Initial Intervention Team Meeting Step 3 - Interventions Begin Step 4 - Second Intervention Team Meeting Step 5 - Request for Further Testing