Using teams as a way to improve organization
performance?
Do your teams know how to work together
effectively?
It's easy to create the structure for work teams. It's harder to create
effectively functioning teams of people. That simple fact has caused great distress to
many organizations whose good intentions overstepped their training efforts.
You can avoid the costly problems of team malfunctioning by training
your work teams in effective team behaviors. That's what our seminar, Effective Teams,
is all about.
Effective Teams is for everyone who is part of a natural work
team. This includes team members, coordinators, team leaders, and supervisors. The team
that learns together, grows together!
Participants in the Effective Teams seminar learn about the
nature of teams, how to communicate effectively, the essentials of sharing feedback, and
key elements of team meetings. The program includes the option for personal
self-assessments by each member of his or her behavioral style. This leads to an
appreciation of individual differences and the need to combine talents to achieve team
goals.
A unique option in the Effective Teams program is the Nuclear
Nightmare Simulation. The simulation places participants in a time-pressured situation
requiring close communication and coordination of work efforts to produce devices
essential to preventing a disaster. After repeated rounds of planning and production
activity, participants reflect on what their simulation experience has taught them about
working together. The lessons learned have clear carry over to the everyday work of the
team.
The Effective Teams program uses short readings, exercises,
discussions, and the optional self-assessment and simulation to cover the following
topics:
| A. Overview and Nature of Teams |
I. Communicating Styles |
| B. Working Together |
J. Giving and Receiving Feedback |
| C. Dimensions of Personal Behavior |
K. Common Team Problems |
| D. Personal Behavior Action Planning |
L. Recipe for Effective Teams |
| E. Channels of Communication |
* Team Meetings |
| F. Nonverbal Communications |
* Simulated Work Experience |
| G. Listening |
* Reflections on Teamwork |
| H. Questioning and Responding |
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In the two-day Effective Teams seminar, team
members gain a heartfelt sense of the responsibilities of a work team and their roles in
making it work. They also collect insight on their personal behaviors and enhance their
interaction skills.
For more information on how you can turn your teams into effective
teams, contact us today at: