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Lesson#27
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BUILDING THE TEAM
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BUILDING THE TEAM
Leaders need to put extra efforts to convert individuals into a performing
team.
Turning Individuals into Team Players:
It starts with the selection of right type of people, training them and
linking the performance with
proper reward system.
“NONE OF US IS AS SMART AS ALL OF US”
o When teams operate effectively,
they can solve more problems, make better decisions and be
more creative.
o “Team are unique; dynamic, complex
and ever changing.” - Ken Blanchard, author of “the one
minute manager”.
Leadership success requires: An understanding of group behavior. The
ability to tap the constructive
power of teams
Team Building
o Get the right people.
o Determine the Challenge.
o Prepare the Team Leader.
o Train.
o Add value.
o See the Big picture.
Build and Support the Team
o Leadership Skills
o Team Building Strategies
o Team Logistics
Team Building:-The Team Leader’s Responsibility
A good team leader
o Fosters communication among team
members
o Seeks to build bonds among team
members (work together, meet together, get to know
each other)
o Creates positive environment for
collective problem solving and support; creates
atmosphere in which differing opinions are valued but in which clear decisions
can be
reached
o Is alert to cliques, bickering, etc.
and acts to address them; maintains atmosphere in which
sexual, racial, ethnic, national or other harassment is not acceptable
o Monitors individual staff members for
signs of stress and provides basic support
o Models good individual stress
management practices
o Seeks to base expatriate/staff
interactions on mutual respect, transparency, and partnership
Team Building:-The Organizational Responsibility
o The Organization identifies
team-building skills as an essential qualification for prospective
managers
o The Organization trains staff and
managers in team work skills (e.g., conflict management)
o The Organization helps build team
cohesion (e.g., through common experiences such as
safety and security training)
o The Organization regularly reviews
team functioning and has policies for addressing the
problems of dysfunctional teams and of staff members who have difficulty
functioning in
their team
Strategies for Team Building
o Establish common goals
o Understand each others role in the
Team
o Find occasions to celebrate
o Recognise effort
o Improve communication
Factors Affecting Teams
o Work Design
o Team Composition
o Context
o Process
Let’s discuss individual factor
Work Design:
• Autonomy
• Task
• Feedback
Work design play important role in the performance of a team. Kind of autonomy,
task itself and the
feedback system in organization related to the work design are essential
ingredient of work design.
Team Composition
• Ability
• Personality
• Roles
• Size
• Flexibility
Selection of right team members is the starting point for the success of any
team. Type of team member
personalities matching with the type of task they are going to perform, clear
role identification, size of
team and role and flexibility with in the working relationship of the team
members are the essential
components of team composition that play important role in the effectiveness of
a team. Similarly other
factor like context and process affects the performance a team.
Context
• Resources
• Leadership
• Performance evaluation and rewards
Process
• Common purpose
• Specific goals
• Team worth
• Conflict management
• Avoid social loafing
Building the Team
o Get them together
o Keep them informed – vacuums tend to
fill with negativity
o Keep them involved – the working
groups – make it their project too
o Ensure everyone sees themselves,
understands their role in the “new world”
o Don’t focus on differences, focus on
similarities
o Add value to individuals and you
multiply team effectiveness.
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o Impart Spiritual life on a daily
basis.
o Value added to cohesion stimulates
synergism.
o Remove Ineffective Members
o Define Purpose
o Define Time Line
o Have regular review against goals
o Begin with smaller assignments and
test at higher levels
o A Weak Link can destroy your team.
o Stronger members identify the link.
o Stronger members have to help.
o Stronger members begin to resent.
o Stronger members become less
effective.
o Stronger members begin to question
the leader’s ability.
o Facts you must accept.
o Not everyone will take the journey.
o Not everyone can take the journey.
o Will not work on personal weaknesses.
o Will not work with the rest of the
team.
o Can not fulfill the expectations of
their area.
o As a Leader you are a catalyst within
the team to move it …
o Increase the value of every member.
o Increase individual commitment to
shared values.
o Remind them of the Big Picture.
o Uplift other team members.
Leadership success requires:
An understanding of group behavior. The ability to tap the constructive
power of teams. “Team are
unique; dynamic, complex and ever changing.” - Ken Blanchard, author of “the one
minute manager”. |
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