Introduction to Teambuilding

Organizations recognize the benefits of high-performing teams—but how do individuals learn to work together to form them? In order to maximize productivity and effectively solve problems, team members must use specialized skills and processes to deal with team challenges.

Workshop Description

This workshop introduces members of intact teams to the importance of teams to overall organizational effectiveness, and to the stages of team development. Participants develop a definition of high performance for their team and create a team charter, while learning methods and processes designed to support effective team behaviors.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is intended for employees at all levels who are members of intact teams.  Managers and senior leaders who oversee the activities of teams will also benefit, whether or not they are technically “members” of the team.

Benefits

Intact teams gain the opportunity to reach high performance through activities that help team members acquire the skills they need to deal with typical team challenges, such as:

• Developing a clear and compelling purpose
• Demonstrating trustworthy leadership and team relations
• Gaining and keeping organizational support
• Personal fears about working in teams
• Developing accountability
• Balancing process compliance with results orientation
• Determining who gets the “credit” for work

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Describe the importance of teams to organizational effectiveness.
• Define the stages of team development.
• Agree on a definition of high performance for their team.
• Create a team charter and commit to successful execution of the charter.
• Apply methods and processes designed to support effective team behaviors.

Outline

• Introduction to the Importance of Teams to Organizational Effectiveness
• Benefits of High-Performing Teams: Fact or Fiction?
• What I Want to Learn About Team Effectiveness
• Defining and Achieving High Performance
• Stages of Team Development
• Creating Operating Agreements for Your Team
• Creating Your Team Charter
• Consensus in Team Decision-Making
• Creating a Team Action Plan

Instructional Methods

Attendee participation in a series of both large and small group exercises and discussions is interspersed with lecturettes and commentary by the instructor, who also acts as a group facilitator.

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