Sixth Form Induction

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Team Building and Leadership
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Why work in teams?
To achieve common goals
Learn to deal with emotions and build real
confidence
To win competitions

• To survive and thrive in large communities like
  the sixth form

To prepare you for society and work
To learn about yourself and other people
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The most critical aspect of achieving a goal is
not whether we achieved it, but rather the
knowledge we gained during the process. Glover
and Midura
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Individual commitment to a group effort, that is
what makes a team work, a company work, a society
work, a civilisation work. Vince Lombardi
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You cant do it alone. Be a team player, not an
individualist, and respect your teammates.
Anything you do, youll have to do as a team.
Many records have been made, but only because of
the help of ones team-mates Charley Taylor,
former NFL wide receiver.
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The main roles within a team

• Encourager
• Mediator
• Tension Releaser
• Feeling Expresser
• Silent observer / worker

• Blocker
• Aggressor
• Deserter
• Clown
• Special-interest pleader

Constructive Destructive
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• Team player?Leader?

• Self-centered?destructive?

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Think of someone who fits this

• Was...
• Blocker
• Aggressor
• Could be..
• Clown

• Wasnt.
• Deserter
• Special-interest pleader

What else?
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Think of someone who fits

• Is..
• Encourager
• Mediator
• Tension Releaser
• Feeling expresser
• Could be..
• Silent observer

• Isnt
• Special interest pleader
• Clown
• Deserter
• Blocker

What else?
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Leaders

• Emergent - leader emerges from a group
• Prescribed - A designated leader
• Autocratic - Takes control, little or no
  consultation
• Democratic - Listen and consult
• Laissez-faire - Anything goes!
• A good leader will often use all these styles,
  depending on the situation

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Other leaders you can think of ?

• Good communicator
• respected
• empathetic
• knowledgeable
• role model
• high level performer
• confident

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The transitional process.

• Making the transition from year 11 to sixth form,
  you may go through the following processes.
• Forming
• Storming
• Norming

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Forming

• Cautiously explore the boundaries of acceptable
  behavior
• Transition from individual to acceptance status
• Testing the leader's guidance both formally and
  informally
• Excited and interested

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Storming

• Resisting tasks or rules.
• Resisting good suggestions.
• Sharp fluctuations in attitude
• Arguing, even when you agree on the real issues.
• Defensiveness, competition, and choosing sides.
• Questioning the wisdom of those appointed as
  leaders (teachers / committee).
• Establishing unrealistic goals.
• Disunity, increased tension, and jealousy

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Norming

• Acceptance of the team, ground rules, roles in
  the team, individuality of fellow team members
• Emotional conflict is reduced
• Cooperation is increased

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Remember this

• If you can identify which phase of the process
  you are in (forming, storming or norming) you
  can identify ways to adapt, overcome, lead and
  build your team