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Learn how to foster a strong team by understanding members' needs, utilizing Tuckman's model, assessing your team, honing strengths, and addressing dysfunctions.
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Team Development Britt Andreatta, Ph.D.
What Members Need The needs of individuals in a group are as follows: • Sense of belonging • Commitment to group goals • Sense of progress • Clarity of expectations • Confidence in the leadership
Stages of Group Development • Tuckman’s Model • Five stages: • Forming • Storming • Norming • Performing • Adjourning
Definition of a Team • Not all groups are teams • Four elements of a team: • Group must have a reason for working together • Group’s efforts must be interdependent • Members must believe that the outcome is better working with others than alone • Group must be accountable as a unit
Assessing Your Team • Technical skills • Work style (DiSC) • Personality (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) • Conflict style (Thomas-Kilmann Instrument) • Communication style
Honing Team Strengths • Appreciative inquiry model • Assessments • Coaching for performance • Training • Delegation assignments • Action learning • Mentor matching
Dysfunctions of a Team • Five dysfunctions: • Inattention to results • Avoidance of accountability • Lack of commitment • Fear of conflict • Absence of trust • Leader must attend to all for success