Team
A team can accomplish so much more than a collection of individuals. So how do we transform a group of people into a true team and harness the best of all the attributes? John Kasenbach defines a team as ‘a small number of individuals with complementary skills, committed to an agreed purpose for which they hold themselves mutually accountable’.
So how do we form, build and maintain high-performing teams? We provide some answers here for you.
Ice-Breakers for Team sessions
Published on 4th February, 2008To run successful team sessions it is important not to ‘go straight in.’ People need to warm up, gain some confidence, get to know one another and also create some groundrules for the session. Going in ‘cold’ means you may have to actually go back as the conditions will not have been set where people feel comfortable working together and even speaking out loud.
The ice-breakers just help oil the wheels of your session and get everyone involved and ‘in the zone’ ready for the business of the team session.
Team building and planning session
Published on 4th February, 2008Duration: 4 hours
Materials: Flip-chart, pens, results of Prelude Character Analysis (PCA)
Outputs: To create an understanding of the mutual strengths within the team and how these could best be utilised.
To remove blockages to team progress.
Team definition
Published on 4th February, 2008“A team is a small number of people with complimentary skills who are committed to an agreed purpose, goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.”
Product Solutions
If you are interested in focusing deeper on your team issues, you may find some of the following solutions helpful...
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An online test based on Jungian type and MBTI, which takes less than 7 minutes to complete and provides an instant, in-depth, accurate profile. |
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Our 360 systems create or link in to your existing organisation’s behaviours and measures them - quickly and accurately, providing individual, team or even organisation-wide analysis. |
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Based on the work of Belbin and Mumma, Team Role helps determine an individual’s natural team role and contributing strengths. |
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Even the best teams can become stale. Team Track highlights strengths, weaknesses and areas of conflict and improvement in your team - giving understandable real-time data to keep them sharp. |
