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Working in Groups Becoming a Team Player

Working in Groups Becoming a Team Player. Improving Lives. Improving Texas. John C. Maxwell. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” (2002, p. 10). Today’s Objectives. To analyze what it takes to be a team member

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Working in Groups Becoming a Team Player

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  1. Working in Groups Becoming a Team Player Improving Lives. Improving Texas.

  2. John C. Maxwell • “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” (2002, p. 10)

  3. Today’s Objectives • To analyze what it takes to be a team member • To identify various ways group members contribute • To evaluate different forms of groups or teams

  4. What are characteristics you look for in a team member? • Work in small groups to come up with a list of 5 characteristics

  5. Click to add title • Are these characteristics realistic, or easy to find? • What makes these characteristics more important than others?

  6. Two Types of Competencies • Technical Skills/Abilities • Minimal requirement • Knowledge, skills & abilities related to team objective • Must know to be able to do well • Personal Characteristics • Qualities, skills & abilities necessary for issue resolution • Allow people to function as a team

  7. 7 Predictors of a Successful Team Member • Intellectual Ability • Results Orientation • Interpersonal Skills • Planning and Organizing • Maturity • Presence • Team Orientation

  8. Fitting in Naturally • Benefits of team member roles • Types of team member roles • Characteristics of team member roles

  9. Benefits • Increased involvement when natural roles are used • Proactive in identifying where conflict may occur • Use as a framework in discussing group processes • Gain insight into group issues

  10. Diagnosing Group Member Roles • Task Roles • Maintenance Roles • Individual Roles

  11. Task Roles • Focused on task • Wants to carry the work forward

  12. Task Roles • Initiator • Critic • Volunteer • Recorder • Informer • Summarizer • Reality Tester • Opinion Seeker

  13. Maintenance Roles • Focused on team cohesion • Wants to make sure that all team members are “OK”

  14. Maintenance Roles • Supporter-Elaborator • Go-Between/ Gatekeeper • Process Observer • Harmonizer

  15. Individual Roles • Focused only on themselves • Likes to be the center of attention

  16. Individual Roles • Recognition Seeker • Dominator • Blocker • Playboy/girl • Anecdoter • Special Interest Pleader

  17. What happens to problem members? • Silent • Talker • Wanderer • Bored • Arguer • Sidetracker

  18. What type of team am I on? • 3 Basic Types • Problem Resolution • Creative • Tactical

  19. Problem Resolution • Rely on trust • Characteristics: • Intelligent • “Street Smart” • Sensitive to interpersonal needs • High degree of integrity

  20. Creative • Autonomy a must • Characteristics: • Intelligent, but must be able to abandon normative thinking • Self-starters • High degree of confidence and tenacity

  21. Tactical • Rely on Clarity • Characteristics: • Highly responsive • Action-oriented/sense of urgency • Enjoy and desire a strong team identification • Strong sense of commitment

  22. Most Common Types of Teams • Cross-functional project groups • Average number of 15.4 – modal team size is 5 • In existence for 1 to 2 years

  23. Defining Success • Productivity • This is getting to goal achievement. • What else? • Output=team goal • Timeliness • Effectiveness • Team output=measurable accomplishment • Cohesion • Sticking together • Processes keeping team members together • Working well • Needs satisfied • Enhanced capacity

  24. Criteria Continued • Learning • Growth & development of team members • Opportunities to develop new skills • Challenging • Integration • Does the organization benefit from the team? • Serving the organization’s larger goal • Understanding other team’s goals

  25. Review Questions • What are two ways to characterize a competent team member? • Why are group roles important? • What kinds of teams exist and how do you know if they’re successful?

  26. Activity • Zero Sum?

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