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GROWING NEW TEAMS adapting models or from scratch Murray Wilkinson & Peter I ngrams Session Outcomes To be aware of the organic nature of teams, their structure & their purpose To have some tools to influence the way teams can be more fit for purpose
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GROWING NEW TEAMSadapting models or from scratch Murray Wilkinson & Peter Ingrams Session Outcomes To be aware of the organic nature of teams, their structure & their purpose To have some tools to influence the way teams can be more fit for purpose To begin thinking through how participants can create newteams Growing New Teams
What is your team’s purpose? How do you know what your purpose is? External influences: heirachy, superstructure Internal influences: vision passion mission As opposed to your ‘task’ MissioDei Joining in with what God is already doing Finding the appropriate level Relating to the other ‘level’s How does your team become fit for purpose? create a new team from scratch? reshape a new team from an old team? nudge an old team to work differently? Growing New Teams
Becoming fit for purpose… Creating a new team from scratch Be sure what your purpose(s) are Membership criteria: Character or skills? Availability [time? Life space? Value synergy? Experience?]Will the people change the purpose? How do you start well? relationships, value defining, etc Re-shaping a new team from an old team Are you sure you know what your purpose(s) are? What do the people most need? Which people do you need most (and least)? e.g. skills, motivation, story-holders, story-changers, emotional intelligence, etc.
Becoming fit for purpose… (cont) Nudging an old team to work differently Analysis: based on cost/benefit, life cycle, organizational health, local context, etc Potential actions Membership addition/subtraction? ¦Meeting shift? [more/fewer, constellations of people, timing, chair role, cycles, different activities, different places]¦Spirit of inquiry: reality-check questions[egwondering if? What’s going on here? Process v content?]¦Heightening the dissatisfaction? ; Relationship issues?¦ Pastoral crisis? ¦ Succession plan? ¦ Bite the bullet? Resources: Tuckman’s forming, norming, storming & performing:http://tinyurl.com/3jcj3 Reflective questions: what Q’s help a team look at themselves? Energy mapping: what gives & what takes energy? The Church of England website resource list: http://tinyurl.com/9gdpzjy