Often the
first step for building effective teams is honest evaluation of team
breakdowns and problems. Avoid the trap of "fixing" people. People
are rarely broken. Typically there is a problem in the systems and
processes used to manage the team and related events.
The discovery process that guides the team in making its own improvements,
revisions, and interventions is the source of the team's strength,
versatility and identity. Team members are empowered and take ownership
when:
- Elements standing
in the way of team performance are identified and remedied.
- Processes are redesigned
to directly address these elements as a learning experience.
- Wisdom thus gained
is shared in what must ultimately become a learning organization
that constantly improves.
Successful teambuilding
techniques--that work and have a lasting, positive effect--are crucial
if team-based productivity and self-directed work teams are your goal.
Our teambuilding work is designed to address team needs at any point
in the spiral. Initially, some teams may need crisis intervention
to move past on or more stuck phases. Teams may be mature or newly
formed, cross-functional or project teams. The needs of each team
are addressed by sets of exercises specific to its unique goals and
purpose.
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INITIATING-
The Team
SpiritÔexperience
fosters a deep sense of trust, belonging and real connection among
team members; these qualities are essential to team success. Every
individual must feel needed, valued, respected and wanted if he
or she is to be a fully contributing team member. |
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VISIONING-Team
SpiritÔ enables
the team to develop an expanded sense of its potential. Team members
begin to envision what they can create together, begin to sense
the possibilities for breakthrough solutions and for the delivery
of unparalleled service. Teams realize they can accomplish far
more collectively than separately. |
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CLAIMING-
Team SpiritÔhelps
a team develop solidarity and single-minded purpose. Individual
team members are empow-ered to assume responsibility for the goals,
roles, compet-encies and resources needed to realize their shared
vision. |
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CELEBRATING-Team
SpiritÔ increases
team members' capacity to experience/acknowledge their appreciation
for individual and team accomplishments. Often, this essential
component, overlooked in traditional team building programs yet
only by openly celebrating can teams sustain and renew themselves. |
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LETTING GO-
Team SpiritÔemphasizes
the importance of communicating clearly with authenticity and
forthrightness, especially with respect to disappointments, frustrations
or conflicts. Formerly withheld thoughts are valued as vital,
constructive communication. |
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