TEAM BUILDING THAT WORKS
Our job is to get things done, but we can't do it ourselves. We must rely on a team of key people working together. As a cohesive team we cooperate and help each other, which increases satisfaction and builds morale while reducing conflict and communication breakdowns. Yet, there are challenges to working together. This program offers solutions to those problems that you can apply on the job immediately.
· Experience the opportunities that team work presents
· Understand the unique contributions of team members
· Bring out the best everyone- see how personality plays a part
· Learn the seven characteristics of a high performing team
· Build a team that works together to cope with impossible demands
· Learn how to have fun accomplishing your organizations goalsTHE TEAM EFFECTIVENESS
The following format not only raises team awareness of the benefits of working together, but it gives the team members the opportunity to get to know one another better and to apply the concepts to develop their team in a fun way. Through activities and games the team will identify and utilize their strengths to develop even more creative and innovative ways to work together.
During the session each concept and technique is applied in light of your team's current level of development and what would be best to boost your team's effort.
The highly interactive, hands-on workshop lets people participate and learn about one another while allowing individuals to learn about themselves. The highly energized insightful afternoon creates the perfect environment for the incorporation of new skills.WHAT IS THE CRISIS IN TEAMBUILDING:
THE OPPORTUNITIES AND DANGERS -What are the benefits and the barriers.WHAT ARE THE CHARATERISTICS OF A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM? THE PIRANHA POND - Learn the advantages of highly motivated team and how to manage team meetings, change and
constructively by learning to work flexibly through a life and death situation.HOW DOES PERSONALITY PLAY A PART?
CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, STRAWBERRY - Identify the interpersonal styles of everyone you work with and begin to utilize individual perspectives to bring out the best in team performanceHOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY ON A TEAM- OVERCOMIMG COMMUNICATION BLOCKS - Diagnose the barriers to effective team communication and learn to correct for them. Enhance communication - create an atmosphere conducive to team decision making by utilizing constructive group roles
HOW TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE? - Developing goals for team excellence
TEAM BUILDING QUALITY IS A TEAM SPORT
Our job is to get things done, but we can't do it all by ourselves. We must rely on a team of key people working together. We know, as cohesive team, we can outperform a collection of talented individuals. We cooperate, help each other which reduces conflicts, communications breakdowns while improving morale. Yet, we have to meet the challenges that face every winning team: personalities, impossible workloads, egos, competition, group chemistry, difficult people, lack of motivation and commitment. This program addresses the unique problems and looks beyond the traditional solutions and offers information to apply on the job immediately.BENEFITS:
Build a team that works together to meet deadlines, cope with impossible demands
Understand what empowerment means and how to encourage it
Turn a work group into a highly motivated hardworking team
Improve work atmosphere and ability to work together
Make the team more productive and effective by applying team skills
Solve conflicts among team members
Deal successfully with difficult team members, good workers that just don't "fit"
Learn a fail-safe method to get employees to resolve their own
problems and what to do if they dump it on you
Develop a systematic way to solve problems collaborative way
Understand the secret to motivating-yourself and others
Bring out the best in people and turn average players into above average performers
QUALITY IS A TEAM SPORT: CHANGING THE CULTURE The Difference Between a Team and a Work Group
The Benefits of Team Playing: Opportunities vs. Dangers
Overcoming the Barriers to Team Building and Playing
CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM Evaluating Your Team Against the Characteristics of a High Performance Team - P. E. R. F. O. R. M.
Strategies to Improve Your Teams: P: Purpose,
E: Empowerment, R: Relationships and Communication,
F: Flexibility, O: Optimal Performance R: Recognition and Appreciation, M: Morale
EMPOWERMENT - PERSONALITY PLAYS A PART Empowerment- What it is , How to Use it to Bring Out the Best in People
How People and Personalities Affect Working Together
Valuing Diversity -Foster Cooperation, Respect, Trust and Tolerance
Bringing Out the Best in Team Performance with CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, STRAWBERRY team players
UNDERSTANDING HOW PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER IN A GROUP: THE STAGES OF GROUP DEVELOPMENT Characteristics of Each Stage of Group Development
I. ORIENTATION: Forming
II. DISSATISFACTION: Storming
III. RESOLUTION: Norming
IV. PRODUCTION: Performing
Change- Why its Resisted and How to Handle It
TEAM LEADERSHIP: LEADING PEOPLE ON TEAMS vs. LEADING PEOPLE Understanding the Principles of Leadership and Participatory Management
Utilizing Your Influence - YOU CAN NEVER NOT LEAD
Appropriate Leader Behaviors to Facilitate Group Development
Determining Appropriate Participatory Leadership Styles
Fostering Participatory Problem Solving and Ownership
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION: SKILLS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY Understanding the Positive Side of Conflict to Improve Group Effectiveness
Solving Conflicts-What to Say and How to Say it!
Effective Expression in Dispute Resolution
How to Correct Ineffective Communication Through Active Listening
Active Listening: Staying Tuned to What is Said and What is Meant,
Overcoming Listening Blocks, Using the I.C.A.R.E. Model
IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS: MANAGING CONFLICT PRODUCTIVELY
IMPROVING OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE: TEAM PROBLEM SOLVING Why People Do What They Do: Identify Conflicts and Their Causes
Inventory Present Skills and Approaches to Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts
Identify What You Do and Why You Do It: Understand Preferences, Styles, Reactions to Conflict
Learn Common Approaches to Types of Conflict
Identify WIN-WIN Strategies
Understand the Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Approach
Determine the Best Strategy to Produce the Most Desirable Outcome
IMPROVING FLEXIBILITY: LEARNING TO WORK TOGETHER:
GROUP MEMBERSHIP Identifying Roles for Essential for Team Success
Enhancing Constructive Roles and Minimizing Destructive Roles
Understanding Why People Do What They Do
Improving Relations in the Work Group: Dealing with Difficult Team Members
What to Do and Say When You Feel Like Reacting, Ramming, Running .
IMPROVING MORALE -MANAGING CHANGE, PROVIDING
RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION Understand the Dynamics of Change
Concerns That Must be Addressed if Change is to be Successful
Appropriate Strategies to Move Your Team through Change
Keeping the Team Motivated -Enhance Morale and Assure Commitment
Catching People Doing Something Right - Praising Effectively
TEAM FACILITATION SKILLS Skills to Encourage Member Contribution
Maximize Individual Participation
Handle Group Dynamics to Positively Affect the Outcome
Meetings that Matter- Four Steps is All it Takes
Team Roles: How to Observe and Intervene
Encouraging Participation, Cutting Off Discussions Tactfully
MAKING IT WORK: TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES Develop a Practical Step-by-Step Plan to Put Your Objectives to Work.
Developing Strategies and Methods for ImprovementTEAM BUILDING BOOT CAMP
Our job is to get things done, but we can't do it all by ourselves. We must rely on a team of key people working together. We know, as cohesive team, we can outperform a collection of talented individuals. We cooperate; help each other which reduces conflicts, communications breakdowns while improving morale. Yet, we have to meet the challenges that face every winning team: personalities, impossible workloads, egos, competition, group chemistry, difficult people, lack of motivation and commitment. This program addresses the unique problems and looks beyond the traditional solutions and offers information to apply on the job immediately.BENEFITS:
Build a team that works together to meet deadlines, cope with impossible demands
Understand what empowerment means and how to encourage it
Turn a work group into a highly motivated hardworking team
Improve work atmosphere and ability to work together
Make the team more productive and effective by applying team skills
Solve conflicts among team members
Deal successfully with difficult team members, good workers that just don't "fit"
Learn a fail-safe method to get employees to resolve their own
problems and what to do if they dump it on you
Develop a systematic way to solve problems collaborative way
Understand the secret to motivating-yourself and others
Bring out the best in people and turn average players into above average performers
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