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Workshop

ON

“TEAM BUILDING”

BY: SOFT SKILLS WORLD

Team Building - Definition

• Team building" (or "'teambuilding'") refers to the process

of establishing and developing a greater sense of

collaboration and trust between team members.

Interactive exercises, team assessments, and group

discussions enable groups to cultivate this greater sense

of teamwork.

Team work & Team building

• To understand the basic concepts and

ideas of team work and team building.

• To appreciate the strengths and

difficulties of working as a team.

• To learn the basics of promoting team

work in the organization.

Types of Teams

• Formal versus informal

• Mechanical versus organic

• Inter-team versus intra-team

• Inter-agency versus intra-agency

• Same discipline versus different

disciplines

• User-involved versus user-led

Synergy of Teams

• Synergy: the creation of a whole that is

greater than the sum of its parts.

• Usefulness of synergy includes:

o increasing resources for problem solving

o improving quality of decision making

o enhancing members’ commitments to

tasks

o fostering creativity and innovation

o satisfying individual needs for growth

Task Activities of a Team

• Initiating

• Information sharing

• Summarizing

• Elaborating

• Opinion giving

• Distributed leadership

Maintenance Activities of a Team

• Gatekeeping

• Encouraging

• Harmonizing

• Reducing tension

• Norming

• Self-managing

Avoidance of disruptive activities or behavior

• Being aggressive

• Blocking

• Self-confessing

• Seeking sympathy

• Competing

• Withdrawal

• Seeking recognition

Obstacles to Team Work

• Personality conflicts: Individual

differences in personality and work style

may disrupt the group.

• Task ambiguity: Unclear agendas and

ill-defined problems.

• Free riding: Diffusion of individual efforts

and responsibilities.

• Poor readiness to work: Wasting of time

in unprepared meetings

Characteristics of High Performance Teams

• A clear and elevating goal

• A task-driven, result-oriented structure

• Competent and committed members

• A collaborative climate

• External support, recognition and

delegation

• Strong, principled and yet democratic

leadership

Team cohesiveness versus performance norms

• Low productivity: strong commitments

to harmful norms

• Low to moderate productivity: weak

commitments to harmful norms

• High productivity: strong commitments

to supportive norms

• Moderate productivity: weak

commitments to supportive norms

Teamthink/Groupthink

• Teamthink or Groupthink is the

tendency for highly cohesive groups to

lose their critical evaluative capabilities

for undermining their weaknesses and

promoting their strengths. Because of

undesirable competition and disruption

between teams, alienation will be

resulted accordingly.

Symptoms of Groupthink

• Illusions of group invulnerability

• Belief in inherent group morality

• Applying direct pressure to ‘deviants’ to

conform to group wishes

• Self-censorship by members

• Accepting consensus prematurely

• Protecting the team from hearing

disturbing viewpoints from outsiders

How to handle groupthink

• Encourage a sharing of viewpoints

• Create subgroups to work on the same

problem and then share their proposed

solutions

• Assign one member to play a ‘devil’s

advocate’ role at each group meeting

• Review the decision after consensus is

apparently achieved

Inputs of Team building

• Organizational setting: resources,

technology, structures, atmosphere

• Nature of task: clarity and complexity

• Group size: number of members

• Membership characteristics: abilities,

values and personalities

• User participation: primary versus

secondary users

Throughputs of team building

• The way members interact and work

together to transform inputs into

outputs.

• The process through which ideas and

contribution of team members are

recognized.

Outputs of team building

• Accomplishment of desired outcomes

as follows:

- task performance and productivity

- human resource maintenance and

development

- prevention of disruptive groupthink and

team alienation

Task Functions

• Information and opinion giver

• information and opinion seeker

• starter

• direction giver

• summariser

• co-ordinator

• diagnoser

• energiser

• reality tester

• evaluator

Task Needs

• Defining the task

• Making a plan

• allocating work

• controlling work quality

• checking performance against the plan

• adjusting the plan

Maintenance Functions

• Encourager Of Participation

• Harmoniser

• Tension Reliever

• Communication Helper

• Evaluator Of Emotional Climate

• Process Observer

• Standard Setter

• Active Listener

• Trust Builder

• Interpersonal Problem Solver

Maintenance Needs

• Setting standards

• maintaining discipline

• building team spirit

• encouraging, motivating, giving a sense

of purpose

• ensuring communication with the group

• training the group as a group

Self-oriented Behaviour

• Dominating

• Blocking

• Recognition seeking

• Pairing up

• Withdrawing

Individual Needs

• Attending to personal problems

• Encouraging individuals

• Giving status

• Recognizing and using individual abilities

• Training the individual

Let’s Introduce each other

About Bodhih Training Solution

BODHIH

Objectives

In this program you will:• Understand the importance of building high performance

teams• Understand the importance of having team objectives and

goals • Use effective communication skills to build trust,

interdependence, mutual respect among team members• Appreciate and work with the diversity and differences

within and outside the team • Lead and develop team members to achieve team goals• Review their performance regularly• Use effective decision making for developing and managing

the team

What are the Challenges Faced by You While Working in “Team” ?

What is Team Building?

Team building" (or "'teambuilding'") refers to the process of

establishing and developing a greater sense of collaboration

and trust between team members. Interactive exercises, team

assessments, and group discussions enable groups to cultivate

this greater sense of teamwork

Requirements for Team Building

1. Clear Objectives and Goals

2. Support and Trust

3. Openness and Confrontation

4. Co-operation and Conflict

5. Appropriate Leadership

6. Sound Inter-group Relations

7. Individual Development

8. Regular Reviews

9. Sound Decision Making

Hurdles in Teamwork

• Ego

• Unhealthy Competition

• Inferiority & Superiority Complexes

• “Only I Can Do It” attitude

• Self over estimation, and under estimation others

• Jealousy

• Distrust

What is a SMART goal?

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Relevant

Time-Bound

Your Personality Test

Team Name

Team Slogan

Team Leader

GRIP Model

• G - Goal Clarity

• R – Role Clarity

• I – Interpersonal Dynamics

• P - Process

Let’s Pitch a Tent

Take Away – Tent Pitching

Belief in each other

Effective communication skills

Overcoming communication barriers

Competently leading & developing team

Appreciating one’s limitation (Mutual Respect)

Coordination

Assignment of task complementing capacity of individuals

Key Elements: Goal, Role, I/P,

Process

Cave Rescue

Take Away – Cave Rescue

Logical & efficient decision making approach

Intensity of risk in terms of taking decision on behalf of others

Significant conflict management skills

Mutual respect and team Consensus

Assertiveness

Working in constraint

Control over ego

Key Elements: Goal, I/P

Ring Toss – Win as much as you can

Take Away – Ring Toss

Risk-taking & level of confidence

Goal-setting & concern for excellence

Planning

Personal responsibility

Learning from feedback (Regular Performance Review)

Examining one’s attitude towards success and failure

Key Elements: Goal, Role

Crossing Team Mats with Team Mates

Take Away – Crossing Team Mats

No individual alone is a clear leader

Coordination

Individual goal vs. team (organizational goal)

Checking progress of others for guidance if required

Interdependence for team success

Overcoming difficult situations jointly

Key Elements: Goal, Role,

Process

Traffic Jam

Take Away – Traffic Jam

Foolproof planning

Valuable time management

Comprehend and proceeding along with other’s pace

Synchronization is the key

Efficient Problem solving skills

Key Elements: Goal, Process

Crux of the Matter

• Have Trust & Confidence in Team Members

• Let go -- the Ego

• Not Compete with each other

• Be Committed to the Common Goal

• Communicate Openly & Directly

Crux of the Matter

• Resolve Conflict Mutually & Openly

• Empathize & Understand to be Understood

• Support & Respect Individual Differences

• Take up Responsibility & Accountability