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Teamwork

T ogether E veryone A chieves M ore. IBT. Teamwork. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” -Henry Ford. What are teams?. Number of persons associated together in work or activity Examples: Local community Workplace Sports

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Teamwork

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  1. Together Everyone Achieves More IBT Teamwork

  2. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” -Henry Ford

  3. What are teams? • Number of persons associated together in work or activity • Examples: • Local community • Workplace • Sports • Club/organization

  4. Teams • Great leadership builds great teams • Leaders: • Correct course of action • Make difficult decisions • Establish standards of performance to be met • Constantly improving • Should strive to build high performance teams

  5. Team building • Requires management of personalities • Requires knowing how each person thinks and how to utilize their competencies

  6. 5 Stages of Team Development • Forming • Storming • Norming • Performing • Transforming

  7. Forming • Tasks: • Establish base level expectations • Identify similarities • Agree on common goals • Behaviors: • Making contact and bonding • Developing trust • Members dependent

  8. Storming • Tasks: • Identifying power and control issues • Gaining communication skills • Identifying resources • Behaviors: • Expressing differences of ideas, feelings, and opinions • Reacting to leadership • Members independent or counter-dependent

  9. Norming • Tasks: • Members agree about roles and processes for problem-solving • Behaviors: • Decisions are made through negotiation and consensus building

  10. Performing • Tasks: • Achieve effective and satisfying results • Members find solutions to problems using appropriate controls • Behaviors: • Members work collaboratively • Members care about each other • Group establishes a unique identity • Members are independent

  11. transforming • Ending and closure of team’s existence • Sad and awkward • Difficulty or avoidance of saying goodbye

  12. 6 Ways Successful Teams Are Built to Last • Be aware of how you work • Get to know the rest of the team • Clearly define roles and responsibilities • Be proactive with feedback • Acknowledge and reward • Always celebrate success

  13. Be aware of how you work • Evaluate yourself and look at areas you can improve • Hold yourself accountable to change your approach if necessary • Lead from a position of strength and respectability • Be your own boss • Be flexible • Know who you are as a leader

  14. Get to know the rest of the team • Encourage cohesiveness • Understand the needs of your team • Accept that differences exist • “Think of a team as puzzle pieces that can be placed together in a variety of ways.”

  15. Clearly define roles and responsibilities • People’s ideal role may lie outside their job description • Responsibilities should be dependent upon one another • “A team should operate as a mosaic whose unique strengths and differences convert into a powerful united force.”

  16. Be proactive with feedback • Key to assuring any team is staying on track • Should be proactive and constant • Art of great communication • Can be formal or informal • Serve as team’s greatest supporter for continuous improvement • “Take the time to remind someone of how and what they can be doing better. Learn from them. Feedback is two-way communication.”

  17. Acknowledge and reward • People love recognition and appreciate respect • Give teammates praise they earn and deserve • Reassure team that you are paying attention to their efforts • Builds loyalty and trust • “When people are acknowledged, their work brings them greater satisfaction and becomes more purposeful.”

  18. Always celebrate success • Take a step back and reflect on what you’ve accomplished and learned • Celebrate success that comes about from effort, sacrifice, and determination • “Celebration is a short-lived activity. Don’t ignore it. Take the time to live in the moment and remember what allowed you to cross the finish line.”

  19. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” -Helen Keller “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” -Michael Jordan

  20. References • http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2012/10/01/6-ways-successful-teams-are-built-to-last/2/ • http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/team • http://salvos.org.au/scribe/sites/2020/files/Resources/Transitions/HANDOUT_-_Tuckmans_Team_Development_Model.pdf

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