Teams and effective work groups are very much a part of today's successful organization.
This workshop is designed to enable participants to learn how to work more effectively as a team. In the workshop the group looks at various team member communication styles, discusses overall team direction, decides how they want to work together, and structures their roles to accomplish their objectives. The team's goals and action planning module then provides the impetus to establish the goals and action plan to move the team forward.

Building an Ideal Team

Objectives for Participants:

• To identify the different communication styles of members of the team.


• To identify how teams work and examine the stages of team development.


• To generate an image and a list of characteristics that describe how the team is currently functioning.


• To identify characteristics that reflect effective teamwork and how to use these in the future work of the team.

Topic Areas:

• What is a Team?


• What Makes a Team Effective?


• How is a Team Based Work Environment Different From a Traditional Work Environment?


• Why Now? How Will This Help Our Work?


• Stages of Work Team Development - Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing.


• 10 Key Traits of Successful Teams.


• Characteristics of Successful Work Team Leaders and Members.


• Understanding Individual Member Communication Styles Under Normal Conditions and Under Stress.


• Understanding Group Dynamics.

Team Building Exercise:

• One of the best ways to learn to operate as a successful team is to experience it under simulated conditions. Participants will be asked to work in a team to decide how personnel, materials, and time will be allocated on a project. Participants are then asked to use the plans they make to complete the project . They are then able to compare how their plans match the finished product and how internal and external pressures affected the results. This simulation utilizes a wide range of communication, leadership and team skills and abilities.

Role Clarification

Objectives for Participants:

• To define the mission of the team.


• To understand the major requirements of one's role on the team.


• To better understand the roles of all other team members.


• To discover what team members expect and need form one another.


• To examine how to handle misunderstandings.

Topic Areas:

• What is the Mission of This Team?


• Team Roles and Responsibilities.


• Establishing Team Operating Guidelines and Norms.


• Communication Skills for Successful Team Work - Sharing Expectations.


• Helping to Create a Climate of Trust.


• Managing Conflict on Teams for Positive Results.

Team Goals and Action Planning

Objectives for Participants:

• To understand and agree upon future goals for the team.


• Discuss a strategy to help make team goals a priority over personal goals at appropriate times.


• To gain a common understanding of the issues and challenges faced by the team and identify actions to move the team forward.

Topic Areas:

• Defining the As-Is Image of the Team.


• Defining the Future Image of the Team.


• Designing a Strategy to move the Team Forward.


• The Evolving Role of the Team Leader and Team Members.


• Establishing Goal Setting and Action Planning for the Team.


• Creating a Successful Team Based Environment - What is Needed for Success.