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Building Blocks of Effective Teamwork

Building Blocks of Effective Teamwork. Building Blocks. Purpose Explore the stages of group development Define the concept of team Identify elements of effective teamwork. Tuckman’s Model of Group Development. 5 Stages Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning.

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Building Blocks of Effective Teamwork

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  1. Building Blocks of Effective Teamwork

  2. Building Blocks Purpose • Explore the stages of group development • Define the concept of team • Identify elements of effective teamwork

  3. Tuckman’s Model of Group Development 5 Stages • Forming • Storming • Norming • Performing • Adjourning Tuckman, B. W. (1965). Developmental sequence in small groups. Psychological Bulletin, 63, 384-399.

  4. Forming Stage • Characterized by dependency on the group leader, lack of group identity, uncertainty about the group’s purpose, and lack of trust.

  5. Storming Stage • Characterized by conflict and confrontation, resistance, testing, and role ambiguity.

  6. Norming Stage • Characterized by cohesiveness and group identity. Standards and attitudes that guide behavior are established. Members avoid conflict and seek harmony.

  7. Performing Stage • Characterized by interdependence, cooperation, and open communication among group members. Group effectively balances work and relational matters (both task and people-oriented) and accomplishes goals of the group.

  8. Adjourning Stage • Characterized by termination of the group.

  9. forming performing storming Stages of Group Development norming adjourning

  10. Team • “A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.” • John Katzenbach & Doug Smith, The Wisdom of Teams, 1993, Harvard Business School Press, p. 45.

  11. Characteristics of Teams • Leadership Becomes a Shared Activity • Collective Accountability • Purpose/Mission/Goal • Problem Solving • Measure of Effectiveness

  12. Building Blocks

  13. Group Roles Relational Roles • Encourager • Harmonizer • Compromiser • Follower Task Roles • Initiator • Opinion giver • Elaborator • Recorder

  14. Teamwork • How can leaders develop effective teams (progress from a group, committee, etc. to a team)?

  15. Essence of Teamwork • Teamwork is essential. It allows you to blame someone else. ~Proverb

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