High Five Concept Effective Team Building

1. SOARING TO SUCCESS High Five ConceptEffective Team Building Providing clear purpose shared values Unleashing and developing skills Creating team power Keeping the Accent on the Postive

2. Providing Clear Purpose and Values A compelling Reason for Being Set clear and compelling goals and strategies, both for the individual and the team. Be clear on your values. Create a team charter that formalizes commitments to each other and clearly states what the team wants to accomplish.

3. Unleashing and Developing Skills Developing your bench strength • Start with the basics. Build individual skills that will bolster team skills. • Provide feedback to build skills, confidence, and accountability. • Learn each other’s roles.

4. Creating Team Power None of us is as smart as all of us. Synergistic harmony. • Build a game plan for the team and stick to it. • Share leadership. • Reward team work. • Rotate positions to build flexibility. • Turn individual skills into team skills.

5. Keeping the Accent on the Positive Repeated reward and recognition • Look for behaviors that reflect the purpose and values, skill development, and team work, and reward, reward, reward those behaviors. • Catch people doing things right. • Redirect toward the goal; do not punish. • Link all recognition and reward back to the purpose and goals.

6. Gung Ho & High Five P.E.R.F.O.R.M. Worthwhile Work Providing Purpose + Values = Purpose Unleashing and = Empowerment In Control of Developing Skills = Relationships & Achieving the Communication Goal Creating Team Power = Flexibility = OptimalPerformance Cheering Each Keeping the Accent = Recognition & Other On on the Positive Appreciation = Morale