Team building is the process of developing a group of individuals into a cohesive team. It involves setting clear objectives, involving the whole team in achieving goals, maintaining unity, and communicating effectively. Teams go through stages of forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Key factors for successful team performance include having a clear strategy, defining roles and responsibilities, promoting open communication, responding rapidly to problems, and providing effective leadership.
2. What is team?
In a team,
People depend on each other;
May or may not work in the
same physical location,
Combine to achieve something
together
3. Team Building
The process of working with a
team to clarify its task and how
team members can work together
to achieve it.
A strategy that can help groups to
develop into a real team is “team
building”
4. Key actions in Team Building
Setting and maintaining the teams
objectives and standards
Involving the team as a whole in
the achievement of objectives
Maintaining the unity of the team
Communicating efficiently with the
team
Consulting the team – members
before taking any decisions
5. Stages of Team Growth
Stage I: Forming - Provide clear direction to establish the
team’s purpose, setting goals, etc.,
Stage II: Storming – Provide strong, hands-on leadership
to keep people talking and task-focused
Stage III: Norming – Codes of behaviour becomes
established and an identifiable group culture emerges.
People begin to enjoy each other’s company and
appreciate each other’s contributions
Stage IV: Performing – Teams that reach this stage achieve
results easily and enjoyably. People work together well and
can improve systems, solve problems and provide
excellent customer service.
Stage V: Adjourning – Temporary project team reaches this
stage; celebrate their team’s achievements.
6. Helpful Team Behaviour
Keeping the peace
Being a friend
Being enthusiastic
Giving opinions
Generating ideas
Initiating
Solving problems logically
Relieving tension with humour
Seeking approval
Encouraging others
7. Key factors to successful
performance of a team – S.C.O.R.E
Strategy
Clear Roles and Responsibility
Open Communication
Rapid Response
Effective Leadership
8. Key factors to successful
performance of a team – S.C.O.R.E
Strategy:
Shared purpose
Clearly articulated values and ground rules
Understanding of risks and opportunities facing the
team
Clear categorization of the overall responsibilities of
the team
Clear Roles and Responsibilities:
Clear definition of roles and responsibilities
Responsibility shared by all members
Specific objectives to measure individual results
9. Key factors to successful
performance of a team – S.C.O.R.E
Open communication:
Respect for individual differences
Open communication environment among team
members
Rapid response:
Rapid response to the team’s problems
Effective management to change in the internal and
external environment
Effective Leadership:
Team leader who is able to help members achieve the
objective and build the team
Team leader who can draw out and free up the skills
of all team members, develop individuals
10. “Coming together is a beginning
Keeping together is progress; and
Working together is success”