Build and Protect: Teamwork and the Power of Unity

1. The Ceiling Says: Aim High • The Fan Says: Stay Cool • The Mirror Says: Reflect Before You Act or Speak • The Clock Says: Every Second Counts • The Window Says: See the World in a New Light • The Calendar Says: Be Up To Date • The Door Says: Be Open to Opportunity and Push Hard To Achieve your Goals • The Rack Says: Put New Things in Ur Life

2. Protect your Pride • Timing: 15 minutes • each team must design and build a structure that will protect the egg(that is the pride) from breaking when dropped from a height of about 10 feet onto a solid floor • write a motto on a separate page for your group and each motto must be different from another group.

3. Ask the teams what happened during the design and construction phase. • Ask whether their design changed and why. • Identify any positive individual contributions that you noticed during the task. • Ask what each team (starting with the least successful) would do differently if they were to repeat the exercise.

4. In this game • we communicate our ideas and share our problems • we allocate our tasks and take responsibilities • we cooperate and jointly involve to get the common goal • one of us leads and motivates others

5. "United we stand, divided we fall..." Shushma ManandharDeputy Director of Studies PSTD,NASC,Jawalakhel

6. Today we are covering • Need of Team Work • Group Dynamics and Team Roles • Team Building Process and Skills

7. Everybody's Story This is a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when actually Nobody asked Anybody.

10. No matter how big the problem,

14. We need Teamwork to settle down those

16. Will you choose to be alone or in a group to write the following question ? • What are the downsides of working in a group ? write at least 5 difficulties in 5 minutes.

17. Why do we join Teams ?What are the benefits and down sides of working in team ?

18. Benefits Better outputs Time saving Sharing ideas and learn new things Enhance knowledge and skills Building relationship Get protections Reduce stress Effective decisions Hide weakness Fun and enjoy

19. Downsides of a team Only a few people may contribute. They may dominate the group (others are silent, indifferent, afraid to contribute) Shy and introvert members can’t learn Different perceptions may lead to misunderstandings Arguments and disagreements may arise That may spoil the relationship Time and resources consuming

20. " "A team is 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"

21. Teams don’t work without teamwork.It is the glue which keeps a team together, the oil that makes the team work.

22. Team work • “It is the ability to work togethertoward a common vision. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” -Andrew Carnegie • It is the skill of mixing with people .

23. Team work skills Understanding others (think from other's side) Listening (listen first, speak second) Communicating (Questioning, answering, follow up) Persuading / participating Respecting/ acknowledging / trusting Helping / sharing

25. "various activities undertaken to motivate and increase the overall performance of the team"

26. Activities within a TEAM

27. Stages in Team Building (American organizational psychologist Bruce Tuckman in 1965) 1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Adjourning

28. Forming • Stage of initial orientation and interpersonal testing • The members of the team get to know one another, • Seeking and exchange some personal information, and make new friends • Desire to be accepted by others • Gathering impressions about each other

29. Storming • Stage of conflict over the task and the way of operating • Conflict arises for power, leadership and decision making • competition and strained relationships among team members. (emotional and tensed) • This is the most critical stage for the team. 

30. Norming • At this stage, come to a mutual plan for the team • Agree with others to make the team function • Roles are defined • Rules, values, behaviour, method and procedures are established

31. Performing • By this time, members are motivated and knowledgeable. • Competent, autonomous and able to handle the decision-making process without supervision. • Participative • Strong commitment • Achievement oriented

32. Adjourning (Deforming or Mourning) • Task complete • Revision, analysis and evaluation of achievements • Strategies • Disassembled

33. The story of hedgehogs The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

34. Group Dynamics and Roles • Kurt Lewin, a social psychologist and change management expert, used the term "Group Dynamics" in early 1940s first time. • Expressed the roles and behaviours of people when they work in a group

35. Belbin's Team Role Theory • Dr Meredith Belbin, a british researcher identified mainly 3 Team Roles • Action Oriented- (Shaper, implementer, completer finisher) - • See obstacles as challenges, courageous to push things, extroverted and stimulate others. • They put ideas and concepts into practical actions. • Typically conservative, disciplined who work systematically and efficiently, perfectionist but may be inflexible and somewhat resistant to change.

36. cont. • People Oriented- • (Coordinator, Team worker, Resource Investigator)- • Supportive and caring to the people. negotiator, flexible, diplomatic and popular but indecisive • Extroverted, overly optimistic but lose enthusiasm quickly

37. cont. • Thought Oriented- • (Plant, Monitor Evaluator, Specialist)- • Bring new ideas and concepts, innovators, knowledgeable, pride themselves for their ability, introverted, impractical, poor communicators, carefully weigh pros and cons, critical thinker, unemotional

38. There might be many characters in a team Lion (autocrat): tries to dominate or constantly interrupt Owl (show Off): talks and thinks as they know all the answers. Butterfly (opportunist): keeps changing the topic before others are ready. Hyena (aggressor): doesn't show respect to others, comments negatively about them.

39. Sheep (avoider): refuses to focus on the task or on group relationship problems. • Monkey (Critic): always sees the negative side to any argument, but never suggests alternatives. Puts down the ideas of others. • Cat (help seeker): looks for sympathy from others • Frog (Irritator): uses the group as a forum for inappropriate talk about self.

40. Pigeon (Clown): shows no involvement in group and engages in distracting communication. • Dog (loyal): obey his master without any hesitation • Cow ( harmless): work in their own pace, don't hurt others but much chances of being hurt by others

41. Team Roles • Edward De Bono's Six thinking hats (1985) • (the father of lateral thinking) • 1.White Hat - Facts and Figures • Focusing on relevant objectives, data are available • 2.Red Hat - Emotions and Feelings • Explore any emotions provided valid information that also be considered.

42. Team Roles • 3 Black Hat - Critical thinking. the devil's advocate. Ask what is wrong with it, why it will not work ? • 4. Yellow Hat - speculative positive. Optimistic, highlight the potential benefits. Ask what if and take the idea further.

43. Team Roles • 5. Green Hat - Creative and Lateral • Think about related ideas. Try to make links and think new and different directions. • Blue Hat - Control of thinking • Think about the person (you) and team. Examine the process for approaching the problem.

44. Case

45. What will you do to make your team effective • What are the elements ?

46. A boat does not go forward if each one is rowing their own way. So the target must be in same direction Group purpose must be the same (right direction-sai mandir)

47. For better Team Work There is no “I” in “TEAMWORK”. It’s less me more we So there should be collective effort

48. Strong Leadership - always at the top The more able leader, more effective the team.

49. Leader must have good vision, more knowledge, skill and tactics takes little more share of blame and less of credit is a facilitator, not only an order giver a good listener/ motivator does ordinary thing extra ordinarily

50. Understanding, Trust and Mutual Respect Feeling free to share opinions and problems Protecting and loyalty