TEAM
TEAM BUILDING
BUILDING
for
for Maayon
Maayon Employees
Employees
and
and Officials
Officials
September 5, 2015
Listening and communicating, as we
always experience, are in a way the
first steps in creating a condition
for working with others.
And working with others involves
getting together with others to
accomplish our tasks. It involves
the conditions which make it a
rewarding experience.
Instructions:
– select from among your members one that
you’re going to dress as a Queen.
– the materials to be used will come from the
store which you will barter out of your
personal items. the store will be open for a
limited time and the materials will also be
limited.
– raise funds by contributing your personal
items. (these personal items and their values
are listed on the board). the amount you raised
out of these personal items can be used to
barter/buy the materials you will use in
dressing your Queen.
– prepare a list of contributors, the items
contributed and their corresponding values.
– only 1 member of the group will go to
the store to buy the materials.
– you have 45 mins to do this.
Personal Items Values
– Wig – 3,000.00
– False teeth(wrapped) – 3,000.00
– 1 pc of underwear – 3,000.00
– Blouse – 2,000.00
– Pair of socks/stocking – 100.00
– pair of shoes – 50.00
– Shirt/polo shirt – 300.00
– Jewelry (per pc) – 50.00
Items Available in our Store
1. Newsprint ; 1,000.00/sht
2. Masking Tape : 1,000.00/ft
3. Straw : 1,000.00/ct
4. Sticks : 1,000.00/pc
What is a Team?
• A group of people who collaborate and
interact to reach a common goal
• A group of people who together as a
team plan, implement and control the
work
Teams or Work Groups: What’s the
Difference?
TRADITIONAL WORK GROUP TEAMS
• Leader dominates and controls the • The leader is facilitator and
team coach
• Goals set by the organization
• Goals set by team members
• Leader conducts meetings
• Meetings are participative; with
• Leader assigns work
discussions
• Emphasis on individual • Team plans work assignments
performance • Emphasis on team
performance
Teams or Work Groups: What’s the
Difference?
• Workers compete against • Team members work as a
each other cooperative unit
• Communication flows down • Communication flows upward
from leader and downward (to/from
leader)
• Information is often hoarded • Information is shared
by workers
• Decisions made by the leader • Decisions made by the entire
team
“The team is a collaborative group,
not just people taking orders and carrying
them out. When team members participate
in setting a goal, they are more committed
to its accomplishment.”
“When a team outgrows individual
performance and learns team confidence,
Excellence becomes a reality.”
Who composes a Team?
Team Leaders
Team Leaders Don’t Boss,
They Lead
• The team leader does not function like an old-school tyrant.
He/she is a facilitator who develops and coordinates an
intelligent, motivated team to get things done.
• Bosses make decisions and give orders. Team leaders
coordinate groups of thinking adults who together face and
work the problem that face them.
Role of Team Leaders
• They made sure the team members know the
organization’s and the team’s vision and mission and
keep them focused on achieving them.
• They are expert communicators.
• Their mission is to develop the skills and
capabilities of their team members.
• They work with members to set performance
standards and establish a means of doing them.
• They motivate and inspire individual members by
recognition, praise and reward.
SOME CHARACTERESTICS OF
AN EFFECTIVE WORK TEAM
• The team shares a sense of purpose
or common goals, and each team
member is willing to work towards
achieving these goals
• The team is aware of and interested
in its own processes and examining
norms operating within the group
• The team identifies its own
resources and uses them, depending
on the team’s needs at any given
time. At these times the group
willingly accepts influence and
leadership of the members whose
resources are relevant to the
immediate need
• Group members continually try to
listen to and clarify what is being
said and show interest in what others
say and feel
• Differences of opinion are
encouraged and freely expressed.
The team does not demand narrow
conformity or adherence to formats
that inhibit freedom of movement
and expression
• The team is willing to surface
conflict and focus on it until it either
is resolved or managed in a way that
does not reduce the effectiveness of
the individuals involved
• The team exerts energy toward
problem solving rather than allowing
it to be drained by interpersonal
issues or competitive struggles
• Roles are balanced and shared to
facilitate both the accomplishment
of tasks and feelings of group
cohesion and morale
• To encourage risk taking and
creativity, mistakes are treated as
source of learning rather than
reasons for punishment
• The team is responsive to the
changing needs of its members and
the external environment to which it
is related
• The team members are committed to
periodically evaluating the team’s
performance.
• Developing a climate of trust and is
recognized as the crucial element for
facilitating all of the above elements
UNPRODUCTIVE TEAMS,
TYPICAL SYMPTOMS
• Cautious or Guarded Communication
• Formal or structured Communication
• Lack of disagreement
• Failure to share Information
• Reliance on Criticism
• Lack of Individual Feedback
• Poor Meetings
• Unclear Goals
• Low Commitment
• Unrealistic Goals
• Conflict with in the Team
• Failure to Utilize Tema Member’s
Talents
• Performance Evaluation Based on
Personal Opinion
To work with others, we need:
Awareness of:
– group goals
– one’s own and other member’s differences
Responsiveness which involves one’s:
– skills
– attitudes
– styles
Effectiveness which implies:
– knowing when and how to ask for or give assistance
– being able to give or deliver that assistance and
being able to help achieve the goal originally set
• Because of what you have learned
from this session, what will you now
do in your job in terms of working
with others,i.e.
– your boss
– subordinates
– fellow workers
– clients
which will help promote better
collaboration?
