Week 4 and/or 5: 

Teambuilding,

What’s wrong with teams?

Administrivia:

§         Clarify 1st Team Presentation

•    Use Teambuilding Toolkit book (CONTENT)

•    Use How to Give Presentation book (PROCESS)

 Dimensions of Trust

  Advantages and Disadvantages of
Team Diversity

 §         Advantages

•    Multiple Perspectives

•    Greater openness to new ideas

•    Multiple interpretations

•    Increased creativity

•    Increased problem-solving skills

§         Disadvantages

•    Ambiguity

•    Complexity

•    Confusion

•    Miscommunication

•    Difficulty in reaching single agreement

•    Difficulty in agreeing on specific solutions

Meeting HAND OUT:

§         Problems

§         Causes

§         Solutions

§         Best solution

Why are meetings ineffective?

§         Lack of preparation

•    Leader

•    Members

§         Undirected thinking, not solution oriented

§         Goals of meeting under-specified, unclear

How can we IMPROVE meetings?

§         Teambuilding toolkit?

What’s the matter with teams?

Why Teams Don’t Work,

•    By Harvey Robbins & Michael Finley

§         Mismatched Needs

•    (individuals, teams)

§         Confused goals, cluttered objectives

§         Unresolved roles

§         Bad decision making

§         Bad policies, stupid procedures

§         Personality conflicts

§         Bad leadership

§         Bleary vision

§         Anti-team culture

§         Insufficient feedback and information

§         Ill-Conceived reward systems

§         Lack of team trust

§         Unwillingness to change

§         Wrong tools