Teamwork

1. Teamwork Youth Leadership Workshop

2. Teamwork exercise Human pyramid

3. Agenda Introduction Team Purpose and Mission Team Goals Four Stages of Team Development Team Member Roles Managing Team Conflict Seven Pillars of Membership Character

4. Introduction Why are we here? Educate ourselves in how to use our energy more efficiently. Learn the skills of proper teamwork. Minimize frustration. Get a uniformed idea of what good teamwork is. Gather knowledge.

5. Agenda Introduction Team Purpose and Mission Team Goals Four Stages of Team Development Team Member Roles Managing Team Conflict Seven Pillars of Membership Character

6. Purpose - discussion What are the advantages of having a defined purpose from the beginning? A purpose serves to direct and motivate the team in pursuit of its goals. It also provides the foundation for developing goals and action plans that will assist the team in reaching its desired outcome.

7. Mission Formulation

8. Mission statement - UWC UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.

9. Mission statement – Red Cross The purpose of the Red Cross is to protect life and health and ensure respect for the human being. It is guided solely by individual need. It makes no distinction as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinion.

10. Chaotic-land Background: Chaotic-land is a country in crisis. Your new EAC is a group, the purpose of which is to raise money for Chaotic-land. You need to develop a mission statement for the project. Divide yourselves into groups of 5-6 persons. Each group writes down a mission statement for their EAC.

11. Chaotic-land Task: Formulate 1-2 sentence mission statement by considering the following questions: Why is the team necessary? What is the purpose of our group? How do you work? (information, money, local projects) Who is benefiting from us doing a good job?

12. Agenda Introduction Team Purpose and Mission Team Goals Four Stages of Team Development Team Member Roles Managing Team Conflict Seven Pillars of Membership Character

13. SMART • S – Specific • M – Measurable • A – Attainable • R – Relevant • T – Time Bound

14. Make a plan and define your goals! Your EAC (Chaotic-land) is going to have a café. Make a plan and define the goals according to the SMART model. What am I doing right now? What am I trying to achieve? How does that relate to the purpose of the group? Is it clear to me what others around me are doing? How much more clarification do I need to be effective?

15. Agenda Introduction Team Purpose and Mission Team Goals Four Stages of Team Development Team Member Roles Managing Team Conflict Seven Pillars of Leadership Character

16. The 4 stages of team development Forming Storming Norming Performing

17. Forming-stage Characterized by: Excitement Anxiety Testing Dependence (on the assigned leader) Trust?

18. Storming-stage Characterized by: Resistance to different approaches Sharp attitude changes Competitiveness & defensiveness Tension & disunity

19. Norming-stage Characterized by: Increased satisfaction Developing trust and respect and sharing responsibilities. Giving feedback to others Making decisions

20. Performing-stage Characterized by: High level of interaction Increased performance Members more comfortable with each other Confident and optimistic

21. Building-exercise Build a tower out of Lego Everybody will get a piece of paper with a hidden agenda. You are not allowed to talk to each other during the exercise. You have 8 minutes to finish the assignment.

22. Discussion Reflect upon and share with other participants any personal experiences of teams to identify Forming Storming Norming Performing

23. Break … or Belbin Test, if you haven’t done it yet.

24. Improve your seating position! Exercise

25. Agenda Introduction Team Purpose and Mission Team Goals Four Stages of Team Development Team Member Roles Managing Team Conflict Seven Pillars of Membership Character

26. Discussion What defines a good team member? What defines a good leader? What is the difference between these two roles?

27. Belbin’s group role test Purpose Identify team members’ strong and weak sides Understand group collective capacity Create most suitable group combination How to understand the test ‘Understanding Belbin’s Role Test’ What are you?

28. Belbin’s group role test Things to be aware of, dealing with teamwork: Your result Find your place Give space Distribution of work Common goals before personal goals

29. Agenda Introduction Team Purpose and Mission Team Goals Four Stages of Team Development Team Member Roles Managing Team Conflict Seven Pillars of Membership Character

30. De Bono’s Hats and Talking-Stick Method The White Hat TheRedHat The Black Hat The Yellow Hat The GreenHat The Blue Hat Issue: World Today has invited a guest speaker to come and talk about the situation in Chaotic-land. During the presentation, several students in the back are talking loudly. How do you solve this problem?

31. Dysfunctional team members Condescending Bullying Blocking Avoiding Withdrawing Joking Dominating * Confront the person and talk about the problem.

32. Dysfunctional team members 50% of the group is always late for meetings and do not contribute to the work. It seems they are more interested in writing the EAC on their university application than anything else. What would you do? What should you do, if you are the “problem”?

33. Dysfunctional team members In the group there are 2-3 persons who never say anything in the meetings and never volunteer for assignments. What would you do? Why does this happen, and how do you avoid it?

34. Dysfunctional team members You are the leader of a group that is preparing a project. Two members in your team possess contrasting personalities and find it hard to work together without tensions. What would you do as leader? What can you do as other team member? Why does this happen, and how do you avoid it?

35. How do you identify such a leader? How do you fix this problem? Dysfunctional team LEADER

36. Agenda Introduction Team Purpose and Mission Team Goals Four Stages of Team Development Team Member Roles Managing Team Conflict Seven Pillars of Membership Character

37. Seven Pillars of Membership Characteristics • Caring • Courage • Honesty • Integrity • Responsibility • Loyalty • Fairness • …are there more pillars?

38. Summary • Introduction • Team Purpose and Mission • Team Goals • Four Stages of Team Development • Team Member Roles • Managing Team Conflict • Seven Pillars of Membership Character

39. Workshop Evaluation What did you learn? Can you use any of this? What was the best/worst part? Improvement suggestions?

40. Thank you for your cooperation!