EFFECTIVE TEAMBUILDING STRATEGIES

The Nine Building Blocks of Team Effectiveness

Clear Objectives and Agreed Goals

            Barriers to Clear Objective Setting

                        Tendency to Judge Performance on Personal Opinion

                        Lack of Skills in Objective Setting

                        Insufficient Tenacity in Adhering to Objectives

                        Undertaking Irrelevant Tasks

Openness and Confrontation

Identify Issues

Encourage Full Expression of all Viewpoints

Listen to other People without Defending Own Position

Identify Common Ground and Highlight it

Identify Differences and Highlight Them

Check Whether Issues Have Been Resolved

            Assertion

                        Be Clear in Presentation

                        Deal with One Issue at a Time

                        Avoid being Undermined by Others

                        Seek Creative Compromises

Active Listening

                        Pay Attention to What is Being Said

                        Suspend Judgement Until you Hear the Whole Thing

                        Look at the Person Who is Talking

                        Check that you Understand What is Being Said

                        Park Things in Your Mind and Deal with it Later

            Giving Feedback

                                    Be Specific

                                    Be Descriptive

                                    Clearly Express Views

                                    Time it to be near the event being discussed

                                    Take the needs of the receiver into account

                                    Check to ensure clear communication

                                    Concentrate on things the person can do Something

                                                                                                                     About

            Support and Trust

            Barriers to the Development of Support and Trust

                        People are not Trust worthy

                        Destructive Competitive Relationships

                        Withholding Views

                        Imposition of Goals

Cooperation and Conflict

            Lack of Rigid Attitudes

            Clear Presentation of Ideas

            Open Reactions

            Techniques of Conflict Resolution

                        Examine What Issues are in Contention

                        Bring Both Parties Together to Discuss Issues

                        Clarify Roles, Expectations & Specify Desirable Outcomes

                        Encourage Open Dialogue which Fully Explores Issues

                        Find Common Ground in Each point of Disagreement

                        Record Agreements and plan how to cope with intractable

                                                                                                              Positions

Sound Procedures

            Seven Steps for Systematic Decision Making

                        Tuning in

                        Objectives

                        Success Criteria

                        Information

                        Planning

                        Action

                        Review to Improve

Appropriate Leadership

            Telling

            Selling

            Participating

            Delegating

Regular Review

            Reluctance to Review

                        Politeness

                        Fear of Hurting Others

                        Lack of Trust

                        Protection of the Status Quo

                        Poor Skills

Individual Development

            Blockages to Individual Development

                        Self Management Incompetence

                        Unclear Personal Values

                        Confused Personal Goals

                        Stunted Personal Development

                        Inadequate Problem Solving Skills

                        Low Creativity

                        Low Influence

                        Lack of Managerial Insight

                        Poor Supervisory Skills

                        Low Trainer Ability

                        Low Team Building Ability

Sound Inter group Relations

            Key Symptoms of Poor Inter Group Relations

                        Negative Attitudes and Sniping

                        Little Cooperation Contact

                        Ponderous Project Work

                        Personalities Unknown to Others

                        Lack of Shared Objectives

                        Superior Attitudes and Destructive Rivalry

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