TEAM BUILDING

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TEAM BUILDING

• By Ron Caragher

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I. Introduction

• Commend your involvement in education.
  Administrators, coaches, leaders, we are all
  teachers and role modelsimpact lives.

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I. Introduction

• Community college system.
• Second Chance poor grades, etc. in high school
• Late bloomer physically, mentally, emotionally.
• Financially, not able to afford 4 year school.
• Students from JCs often mature, serious about
  academics, good study habits.
• I commend you and your role in assisting these
  young people reach their goals and dreams.

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II. Communication

• Definition to convey information make known
  express oneself in such a way that one is readily
  and clearly understood. To be connected with one
  another.

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II. Communication

• Being clear (having a vision) on who you as a
  department or organization.
• Know your purpose or mission statement. What is
  your philosophy? What are your goals?
• (USD Ex.)

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II. Communication

• Define Success
• Peace of mind, which is a direct result of
  self-satisfaction, in knowing you did the best of
  which you are capable John Wooden

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II. Communication

• Be clear on how you will attain set goals,
  achieve success.
• Establish a game plan. There are a lot of
  different ways to be successful.
• In football, people have won with various
  different types of offensive/defensive
  philosophies. The key is getting everyone on
  the same page.
• (USD Ex.)

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II. Communication

• Assembling/Structuring a Staff
• Be clear on what qualities/characteristics you
  want in your staff members. Assess strengths
  (everyone has some!)
• Find out what their passion is and put them in
  position to succeed.

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II. Organization

• Definition to put together into an orderly,
  functional, structured whole. To arrange
  systematically for harmonious or united action.
  To coordinate, formulate, systemize, plan.

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II. Organization

• Calendar, overview, game plan.
• Discuss how can attain goals. Anticipate any
  potential problems, distractions, etc.
• (USD Ex.)

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II. Organization

• Keep focus on strengths and positives, not
  perceived weaknesses or shortcomings.
• Focus on what you want, not on what you do not
  wantas you will gravitate towards that which you
  are focusing on.

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II. Organization

• Empower staff members
• Everyone wants to contribute, make a difference,
  feel important.
• Ask people for their opinions/thoughts. People
  do not care how much you know until they know how
  much you care. Circulate among the troops.
  Abe Lincoln
• A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
  
• Want inclusion, not diversion.
• (USD Ex.)

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II. Organization

• Team Game
• Football may be the ultimate team game (11 on
  11). Everyone must work together. Success depends
  on how the group plays together as a unit.
  Therefore, it is not the biggest, fastest or
  strongest team that necessarily wins, but the
  best team that wins.

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IV. Motivation

• Definition to provide with incentive move to
  action impel. Also inspire, stimulate, spur.
  Create/establish purpose, cause.

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IV. Motivation

• Self/Team Want/desire comes from within.
• Develop/build and nurture self-confidence then
  group/team confidence.
• Have fun.
• (USD Ex.)

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IV. Motivation

• Cant make them (the players) do it, can only
  help create an environment where they want to do
  it.
• We work really hard to create an environment
  where our players do things because they want to
  and not because they have to. - Pete Carroll

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IV. Motivation

• Enthusiasm is contagious. It is a positive
  attitude that elevates human performance.
• Teach them to love competitionthe thrill of
  putting forth ones beststriving for excellence.
  Ex. 3 Bricklayers
• The one who is the clearest, most wanting,
  self-confident and believing, is usually the most
  successful.

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IV. Motivation

• Nothing great has ever been accomplished without
  enthusiasm. Regardless of whether the job is big
  or small, give it your best. Ralph Waldo
  Emerson

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IV. Motivation

• Academic/Career being prepared to compete in
  life after football.

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V. Leadership

• Be patient. Take shorter, more conceived steps.
• Need to remain excited and energized about
  vocation.
• Recognize strength and concentrate on them. Hire
  others to shore up shortcomings.
• Not a country club. Mindset should be ambition,
  striving to do better, excel.
• Develop a feeling of harmony, everyone
  contributed to success.
• Good leader makes difficult decisions and absorbs
  resulting criticism.
• Hire the best.before anyone else does.
• Manage by feel, not by fear.
• Expect the things you want!

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V. Leadership

• I believe if a leader is a stickler on high
  performance, excellence, then winning/success
  will be a natural by-product.

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V. Leadership

• In building any team, it is important to
  remember that the members of the team do not have
  to be perfect, they just have to keep trying to
  be the best they can be. Thats my definition of
  a winning attitude.
• Mike Krzyzewski

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VI. Summary

• Visualization
• Everyone visualizes whether he knows it or not.
  Visualizing is the greatest secret of success.
  Genevieve Behrend

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VI. Summary

• Segment Intending
• - when you sit down with your calendar and you
  look at where you are now and where you want to
  beit is all now. Think and feel as you imagine
  it would be like if all your goals have already
  manifested. From this point, as you connect with
  your desire in your heart and mind you will be
  inspired to action.
• - Imagination is everything. It is the preview
  of lifes coming attractions. - Albert Einstein

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VI. Summary

• Ultimately, it is the greatest journey when a
  group of people can set a shared goal, setting
  the bar so high each strives to be greater than
  he perceived possible learning the value and
  rewards of a hard work ethic, building close
  relationships based on trust and giving of
  yourself so completely that you become a part of
  something bigger than yourself.

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VII. Closing Comments

• The Enemy We Face
• Pyramid of Success
• Questions