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Winning Teamwork

Winning Teamwork. Rudy Eggert Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering. Vince Lombardi (Coach, Green Bay Packers). “Winning isn’t everything…. It’s the ONLY thing!”. Winning is a personal attitude.

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Winning Teamwork

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  1. Winning Teamwork Rudy Eggert Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering 9/15/2009

  2. Vince Lombardi (Coach, Green Bay Packers) “Winning isn’t everything….. It’s the ONLY thing!” 9/15/2009

  3. Winning is a personal attitude "Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." Vince Lombardi 9/15/2009

  4. Why is winning important? Jeffrey Spencer (M.D., Olympic cyclist) and author of : Turn It Up!: How to Perform at Your Highest Level for a Lifetime • “Becoming a winner is essential to • your happiness, • contribution to humanity, and in • creating the legacy your capable of. 9/15/2009

  5. Winning Working definition…. winning = achieving a predefined goal 9/15/2009

  6. Don’t we want to: • “win” a good job after graduating? • “win” career promotions? • “win” in our family/personal life? Let me hear you say: “I want to be a winner!” 9/15/2009

  7. How can we become a winner? Let’s see what we can learn by comparing a sports team to a business team 9/15/2009

  8. Product Realization is like playing ateam sport! 9/15/2009

  9. What defines a “team” A team - is a group of people that: • have complementary skills and knowledge • work together toward common goals • hold each other mutually accountable (This works for sports team or business team) 9/15/2009

  10. What is Winning Teamwork? “score more points” than your competitors by: executing proven “plays” that demand: commitment communication “heads-up” thinking (in-the game) self-preparation 9/15/2009

  11. Elements of Winning Teamwork(McGourty and DeMeuse) • Collaboration – committed, cooperate, participate, assist • Team is more important than individual desires • Communication – listening, speaking, writing, drawing, etc “Seek first to understand before being understood” Group Decision making Handoff to management , or higher authority Votingmajority versus minority, unanimous Consensus discussion, compromise, command decision Self-management – getting his/her job done; correctly, thoroughly and on-time. 9/15/2009

  12. Skills for improved teamwork 9/15/2009

  13. What teamwork skill was lacking? : Coworker needs to be brought up to date because he missed a meeting Manufacturing dept. complains that engineering drawing is confusing Engineer fails to use latest revised code or standard Engineer gets behind in his/her work, letting team down Engineer leaves for hunting trip before finishing customer design report Engineer ignores experienced coworker’s suggestions Purchasing cannot abide by design team’s majority vote Engineer mails project report, but forgets holiday mail slowdown Purchasing buys cheaper steel because of hearsay Coworker refuses to help when you break your leg Coworker loses enthusiasm after being ridiculed in meeting Engineer falls asleep in meeting Afraid of asking for clarification, an engineer makes incorrect assumption Engineer completes only ½ of her assigned tasks by deadline 9/15/2009

  14. Stages of Team Development project initiation wild enthusiasm disillusionment chaos search for the guilty punishment of the innocent promotion of the non-participants and definition of the project requirements (Lewis, 2002). Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing (Tuckman) Team interaction is dynamic 9/15/2009

  15. Summary • Winning is important! • Winning Teams develop “team skills” • Collaboration • Communication • Decision making (group) • self–management • Teams are dynamic… expect changes 9/15/2009

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