Teamwork Skills

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Teamwork Skills

• Why Teams?
• Project Management
• Team Success
• Stages
• Working Styles
• Member Styles

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Why Teams?

• More Complex Problems
• Power of Collaboration
• Global Companies
• Concurrent Engineering
• Project Management

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Project Management

• Focuses on tasks, not Org Chart
• Teams formed to complete a project
• Task assignments based on time
• Overall plan - start to finish
• Gantt Chart

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Gantt Chart
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Team Success

• Common Goal
• Each Member Contributes
• Communications
• Creative Spark
• Effective Use of Resources
• Leadership
• Team Harmony

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Member Attributes

• Attendance be there, on time!
• Responsibility
• Does his/her share
• Completes the work on time!
• Shares abilities
• Creative spark!
• Contributes positively!

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Leadership Attributes

• Focus on Purpose
• Be a Team Builder
• Plan Well use resources well
• Run Effective Meetings
• Communicate!
• Promote Team Harmony
• Foster Performance

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Team Stages

• These stages define how team members will
  interact
• Forming Whats going on?
• Norming I have to work with them?
• Storming How do we work this out?
• Performing How can we keep this up?
• Adjourning We did it now what?

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Forming

• Characterized by
• Anxiety
• Search for Structure
• Silence
• Reaction to the Leader

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Forming

• Leader
• Set goals
• Help members get to know each other
• Model Behavior
• Team
• Ask questions
• Contribute constructively

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Norming

• Establish Norms
• Team responsibility
• Cooperation Participation
• Decision Making
• Confronting Problems
• Leadership
• Quality and Excellence

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Norming

• Characterized by
• Power struggles
• Leader-focused discussions
• Silence
• Hostility
• Frequent topic changes
• Failure to commit to action plans

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Norming

• Leader
• Develop goals
• Use consensus
• Redirect questions
• Develop positive listening skills
• Team
• Focus on goals

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Storming

• Characterized by
• Increased conflict
• Increased participation
• Testing of norms
• Increased independence from leader

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Storming

• Leader
• Examine your responses to conflict
• Reinforce positive resolution efforts
• Accept conflict as essential for change
• Team
• Avoid polarization, cliques
• Avoid attacks on the leader
• Support norms or seek acceptable change
• Watch for Fight or Flight

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Performing

• Characterized by
• Cohesiveness
• Conflict Management
• Support for Leader
• Active Listening
• Focus on Here and Now

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Performing

• Leader
• Maintain interpersonal skills
• Provide feedback
• Assist in gaining more
• Team
• Monitor accomplishments
• Avoid Groupthink
• Critique process analyze interactions

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Adjourning

• Prepare team for closure
• Characterized by
• Denial
• Break-down of group skills
• Anger at leader
• Increased conflict
• Withdrawal

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Adjourning

• Leader
• Acknowledge the situation
• Encourage expression of feelings
• Team
• Focus on completing tasks
• Prepare for task/goal changes
• Summary/Ending activity