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Teamwork
Level 3
Benefits of Teamwork
Triggers creativity
Makes employees happy
Multitalented team
Promotes transformational leadership culture
Unity in the workplace
High-performance
Agenda
Definition of teamwork
What is the role of teamwork
Theory of teamwork
Ways for improvement and development
How teamwork builds relationship with coworkers
How teamwork capitalizes on the strengths of all team members
Activities to enhance teamwork
Strategies to train employees on teamwork
Recap and Summary
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Definition
Teamwork is sense of unity among people with shared goals, common interests, and share responsibilities.
Working collaboratively with others to achieve positive results.
Teamwork involves constructive bonding to facilitate collaboration and shared decisions-making.
Builds on the strengths of each members to create a multitalented and dynamic team.
Purpose of Teamwork
Promote collaboration in workplaces
Enhance cultural competency
Promote inclusive workplaces
Increase productivity
Promote innovation and new ideas
Promote stronger working relationships
Provide more opportunities
Teamwork Theory
The Bruce Tuckman theory was created in 1965, and has been applied in countless organizations and scenarios.
Tuckman identified four main stages namely forming, storming, norming, and performing.
Adjourning and transforming is additional phase on completion of the project.
This theory focuses on successful team building; the foundation of teamwork.
Tuckman's theory anticipates team building challenges as the phases accommodate all team activities from initiation to completion of a project.
Application of Bruce Tuckman’s Team Stages Model
Forming- The initial stage of team development during which individuals work to find their place in the team and attempt to establish their position.
Storming- Individuals view themselves as members of the team but challenge each other to establish the power rankings and roles.
Norming- This phase occurs when team members come together, establish roles, define responsibilities, and achieve togetherness.
Performing- This is the final stage where teams achieve high-performance due to stronger relationships and goal-oriented collaboration.
Ways For Improvement And Development
Implement employee recognition program
Encourage social activities
Outline clear goals and rules
Implement conflict resolution management
Encourage open communication
Optimize team strengths
Team Building Activity
Delegates to participate in a five-minute game that aims to show them what teambuilding entails.
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Recognizing Successful Team Building
Individuals work in their expertise and strengths
Individuals develop in a team environment
Team members complement the strengths of others
Individuals appreciate the strengths of each individual
Teams performance is improved and individuals recognized and rewarded based on their impact on the performance
Teams maintain high-performance
Elements Effective Teams
The STAR model defines the characteristic of effective teams.
STAR is an acronym for Strengths, Teamwork, Alignment, and Results
Teamwork is a key element of effective teams
The STAR team performance model constitutes teamwork theories with some of the main principles of the happy manager.
The STAR model includes Teamwork as a primary component of effective teams.
When individual strengths and teamwork come together in pursuit of common goals, teams collaborate resulting in high-performance and stronger workplace relationships.
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How Teamwork Builds Relationship With Coworkers?
Open communication encourages trust
Collaboration promotes respectful interactions
Teamwork encourage culturally-appropriate language and behaviors
Teamwork promote inclusive workplaces and enhance communication skills of the team members
Individuals consult coworkers and collaborate to solve work-related problems
Essentially, positive interactions, respect, and open communication helps build stronger workplace relationships
How Teamwork Capitalizes On The Strengths Of All Team Members
Relying on others to solve problems
Assigning clear roles to members based in strengths
Encouraging innovation and individualized ideas
Effective communication to optimize members’ contributions
Shared-decision making and collaborated projects based on clearly defined roles
Learning from team members and sharing information
Activity
Delegates to participate in a hypothetical project to learn about utilizing strengths of fellow workers
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Enhancing Teamwork
Celebrating individuality
Implementing project management tools
Liberating feedback mechanisms
Promoting team specialization
Avoid micro-managing your employees
Encourage informal social events
Strategies to Train Employees On Teamwork
Make training a team effort
Team coaching
Use teamwork activities that enhance optimal bonding and relationships
Cross-training
Employee training strategic plan, including teamwork training
Encourage employee/worker feedback for progressive improvement
Teamwork goes hand in hand with employee training to promote progressive improvement of teams’ capabilities and productivity
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Activity
Delegates to learn the importance of worker feedback in enhancing team’s effectiveness and individual improvement
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Recap
Team building is the foundation of teamwork
Bruce Tuckman’s Team Stages Model is the signature team building model and applicable for all type of teams
Teambuilding activities help individuals to learn on capitalizing on others’ strengths and competencies
Rewarding employees is a crucial strategy in promoting teamwork
Effective teams constitute teamwork as one of the building blocks
Summary
Team development using the STAR team model is important for progressive teambuilding
Teamwork is the basis of high-performing teams and strong workplace relationships
Successful teambuilding leads to development of productive and dynamic team
Teamwork is beneficial to organizations that aim for high productivity and transformational leadership, and low employee turnover
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