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Discover the essential characteristics of a successful team and the value of teamwork in today's job market. Learn about different leadership styles and how they impact productivity. Take a teamwork questionnaire to identify your leadership style.

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  1. Starter • What does it take from each person on a team to make a team really work? List 5 characteristics of a successful team.

  2. Effective Teams • Trust and support each other • Understand each others strengths and weaknesses • Communicate and listen to each other • Share workload (no freeloaders) • Are respectful of team members feelings • Others?

  3. You Gotta Be a Team Player The value of teamwork is explored

  4. Teamwork • The ability to work as a team is one of the most important skills in today’s job market. • The good working relationship among employees resulting from combined support, leadership, and cooperation. • You can do more with a team than individually. • Businesses rely on teamwork.

  5. Team Terminology • Complete the Vocabulary Assignment to learn characteristics of teamwork.

  6. Productivity • The more effective and efficient the team members work together, the more likely they are to achieve the desired goal for the business. • Must work together to increase productivity • Must know your role- you won’t always be the leader! • Effective teams achieve more than individuals.

  7. All teams must have a leader! • What is a Leader? • The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. • A person followed by others. • How do you come across? How do people perceive you? • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AZMiq6Mg-k • Common leadership styles include: • Autocratic leadership. • Democratic/participative leadership. • Laissez-faire leadership. • Servant leadership.

  8. Autocratic Leadership • All power held by leader • Dictates what people can and cannot do • No one has say except the leader • DICTATOR • Best used • During crises • Unskilled jobs

  9. Democratic Leadership • Leader make final decision but everyone has a say so. • Encourage creativity and engagement • Sometimes hard to get team to come to a consensus- hinder speed and efficency.

  10. Laissez-Faire Leadership • French Phrase “leave it be” • Leaders allow people to do own work with little monitoring, if any. • Teams have complete freedom • Teams are happy but normally not productive, lack time management, etc.

  11. Leadership • Leadership is NOT one size fits all • You must adapt depending on the team or situation.

  12. Teamwork Questionnaire • Which role or roles are you best suited to? • Teamwork questionnaire • How to score and interpret your questionnaire

  13. Know Your Style • Leader • Doer • Thinker • Carer

  14. Leadership Activity Lost at Sea

  15. Is Teamwork always easy? • Why or Why not?

  16. Team Building Exercise • Human Web Challenge

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