Teaming

1. Teaming Module 3

2. Keep focused on the timeline

3. 15-minute brainwriting exercise – Take a piece of paper and write your reflections • What will I put into this course? • What do I expect out of this course?

4. From reading Module 3, give the characteristics of high performance teams • Commitment to excellence • Accountability • Trust • Heroism • Focus on shared performance outcomes

5. The Stages of Teaming?

6. The Stages of Teaming

7. Forming • What questions do you need to ask to get to know and trust each other? • Important to spend time with each other to get to know each other.

8. Norming • Strengthening of relationships between team members • Team members begin to put team goals above personal goals • Reach agreement on how team will work together • Leadership is determined • Procedure for resolving conflicts and unwritten rules for team interaction are developed • Individual team members are more comfortable with their roles • Team relies less on the leader and takes more responsibility for completing tasks, solving problems, and resolving conflicts.

9. Storming • Storming is inevitable and teams may go through more than one storming phase • Jockeying for position and fighting for status

10. Having clear team roles can reduce storming • Team leader: • Is coach and leader providing expertise, guidance, clear direction, and leadership within the team. • Must create win-win resolutions out of conflicts. • In novice project teams, the leader often must fill-in to complete the day-to-day tasks in order to maintain the confidence and cooperation of the team members. • Student teams operate with little formal hierarchy and trust and leadership needs to be earned. • Team facilitator: • Assist the leader in planning team meetings, leading meetings, handling meeting logistics and administrative tasks. • Creates awareness of the process and manages discussion flow and strategic moments. • May be the main communication touch point with the business owner, mentors, and advisors. • Team knowledge manager: • Documents the team process, captures key points, highlights decisions, action items, and distributes information. • Devil’s advocate: • Combat groupthink.

11. Use Team Diagnostic Tool often to catch problems before they become too serious

12. Performing • Team performs efficiently. • Team members understand and appreciate their roles and the roles of others. • 75% of work to be completed in the last four weeks of the project. • Pressure is high but unconditional commitment to getting the job done. • Team members will motivate each other to keep the energy level high. • They will encourage new ideas and innovation because these will help maximize the achievement of goals.

13. Team Task Behaviors

14. Team Relationship Behaviors are equally important

15. Brainwriting on Teaming • What is my past experience with teams? • Which team skills should I be developing? • What are my strengths as a team member? • What are my weaknesses as a team member?

16. Steps to take • Spend time with your team mates to get to know them • Review the team contract assignment • Create a list of questions to ask each other • Use monthly team reflections and the team diagnostic tool to provide early detection of problems