Teambuilding for All Employees

1. Teambuilding for All Employees

2. Session Objectives • You will be able to: • Recognize the value of teamwork • Identify the characteristics of an effective team • Understand the qualities of a productive team member • Help build successful teams to achieve important goals

3. What You Need to Know • Benefits of teambuilding • What makes teams successful • Profile of a productive team member • Teambuilding techniques • How to measure team progress

4. Benefits of Teambuilding • Increased efficiency • Improved quality • More flexible operations • Enhanced creativity • Greater safety • Heightened motivation

5. Effective Teams • Manageable size • Diverse skills, knowledge, and experience • Resourceful, competent leadership • Common goals

6. Effective Teams (cont.) • Cooperation • Solidarity • Open exchange of ideas • Mutual respect and support

7. Team Members • Understand their own and others’ roles • Agree on goals and responsibilities • Trust and cooperate with one another • Communicate and coordinate efforts

8. Team Members (cont.) • Achieve consensus through listening, debating, and compromise • See value in combining all members’ skills, experiences, and perspectives • Believe that the combined efforts of the team will produce worthwhile benefits

9. Teams and Team Members • Do you understand the information presented in the previous slides?

10. Help Create the Right Atmosphere • Promote an informal, relaxed, and open work environment • Be open to different points of view • Be professional and courteous • Encourage mutual respect • Be fair and consistent

11. Understand Team Goals • Be sure you understand: • Group and individual expectations • How goals will be achieved • Priority of goals • How success will be measured

12. Help Build Commitment • Develop a mission statement • Cultivate group solidarity • Set a good example

13. Help Build Commitment (cont.) • Show concern for other team members • Share credit and responsibility • Celebrate group success

14. Encourage Participation • Ask for feedback and suggestions from other team members • Share your ideas • Make sure everyone gets a chance at challenging assignments and meaningful tasks

15. Promote Cooperation • Emphasize collaboration, not competition • Encourage the sharing of information, ideas, and expertise • Endorse compromise • Reinforce team-oriented behavior

16. Provide Mutual Support • Keep in close touch with other team members • Help to assure necessary resources are available • Ask for help when necessary and give assistance when asked • Encourage team members to share problems

17. Maintain Communication • Allow enough time for group discussion • Provide positive feedback • Be open to constructive criticism • Learn and use good listening and debating techniques • Be accessible to other team members

18. Resolve Conflicts Promptly And Effectively • Understand that some conflict is normal • Establish ground rules for dealing with disagreements • Seek win-win solutions

19. Teambuilding Techniques • Do you understand the information presented in the previous slides?

20. Establish Effective Networks • Make useful connections throughout the organization • Maintain good relationships with other teams, departments, and functions • Keep your managers informed • Focus on the big picture

21. Measure Progress • Keep an eye on team schedules • Check workflow • Monitor quality

22. Take Pride in the Team’s Achievements • Value both individual and group achievements • Recognize the contributions of all team members • Celebrate your success

23. Key Points to Remember • Teams rely on diverse skills, knowledge, and experience to reach their goals • Effective teams strengthen the organization and help make us more profitable and competitive • Each team member plays an important role in helping to build the team and achieve success