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TEAM BUILDING

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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