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How Groups Become a Team. By: Stephen Adams & Annabel Ortega. Group or Team ?. Are they the same?. Definitions. Groups – Two or more freely interacting people with shared norms and goals and a common identity.
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How Groups Become a Team By: Stephen Adams & Annabel Ortega
Group or Team ? Are they the same?
Definitions • Groups – Two or more freely interacting people with shared norms and goals and a common identity. • Teams – Small group with complementary skills who hold themselves mutually accountable for common purpose, goals, and approach.
Group or Team ? How different are they?
Tuckman’s Five-Stage Theory of Group Development Performing Norming Adjourning Storming Return toIndependence Forming Dependence/interdependence Independence
Group or Team ? Why do people in the business community use these terms so loosely?
Group or Team ? “The essence of a team is common commitment. Without it, groups perform as individuals; with it, they become a powerful unit of collective performance.”
Group to Team • Groups and teams comprise of individuals. • Different by: • Talents • Experiences • Education • Not Necessarily Equal
Group to Team • The important point to recognize, is in order to transcend from a group to a team, the following activities need to take place within the group by the individual. • Leadership • Accountability • Purpose • Problem Solving • Effectiveness
Leadership • Increase your provocability. • To be an effective leader, each individual must follow practice. • Do it in a positive way. • Show individual responsibility. • Practice lessons learned. • Experience judgments fully, and let them go.
Accountability • Develop your ability to respond. • Make distinction between accountability and responsibility. • Accountability is between yourself and no other. • Think the cause-effect equation. • Accept that past choices placed you in your current situation.
Purpose • Master your intentions. • Clear intentions are the secret behind extraordinary performers. • Know and picture your outcome. • Make collaborative intentions known. • Live and work on purpose.
Problem Solving • Ask yourself what’s the best and most valuable use of your unique abilities. • Learn from upsets and mistakes. • Open a new relationship with a contribution. • Be a present hero by serving yourself and your team simultaneously. • Make it a way of life.
Effectiveness • Make a difference in the dynamics of the team. • Disregard excused for poor performance. • Retain personal power. • Understand that going alone without passion or commitment takes your team where no member wants to go.
Conclusion • Teams transcend to groups all by the actions of individuals. • Common Commitment can create the essence of teamwork and a solid foundation for the team. • Teamwork requires personal, individual action.
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