Team building is the application of the
principles from the Team Skills Workshop to the work situation
itself. This is applied to an actual working group, who will
critique and acknowledge facts and feelings about the prevailing
culture within the group and strive to establish a desired culture.
This involves examining existing practices and standards, looking
at roles and responsibilities and how accountabilities are divided
by team members.
There is a large emphasis on developing
morale and cohesion within the team wherein members feel comfortable
and are skilled in giving and receiving feedback. The workshops
conclude with the establishing of specific action plans to
integrate the new learning into the workplace and improve
the teams' performance. During the workshop participants
will use a variety of team building tools to agree on a vision
of how the team should work and decide on:
A set of core values for the team
A set of desired norms and statements
to guide behaviours in how members should:
Plan
Make decisions
Support each other
Critique performance
Communicate
Resolve conflicts
Use initiative
Members then carry out a current state
assessment to determine the actual situation
Having determined the desired and actual
members agree a set of action plans or prioritised "team
building blocks" to bridge the gap between the desired and
actual situation
Members review the breakdown of roles,
responsibilities and authority within the team with a view
to maximising the overall competence and effectiveness of
the team
Members then review or establish the
business objectives of the team and agree S.M.A.R.T. plans
Finally, the group puts a critique /
monitoring system into place to measure goal achievement
