Making Two Workbooks
Teamwork
Level 4
Impact Of Teamwork
Collaboration
Diversity
Communication
Support
Motivation
Sharing Ideas and Innovation
Impact of teamwork in workplaces. Teamwork is positive correlated with collaboration.
Working as a team improves open communication and builds trustful relationships.
Building strong teams enhances diversity in terms of competency, expertise, and backgrounds.
Teamwork is essentially a product of motivated teams and ambitious employees.
The diversity of collaborative teams encourage new ideas and innovation.
Teamwork encompasses supporting individual members and recognizing their strengths and contributions in the team.
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Agenda
Teamwork and collaborative teams
Elements of teamwork and strong teams
Strong teams in collaborative projects
Belbin Team Role Theories
Belbin’s Team Roles
Teamwork and diversity in teams
Implementation
Recap and close
Go through the agenda
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Teamwork and Collaboration
Teamwork enhances collaboration among employees and teams
Teamwork encourage open and honest communication necessary for collaboration
Setting clear goals and communicating organization’s vision promotes collaborative teams
Teamwork promotes community working environment
Teamwork leads to strong teams that can collaborate with ease
Highlighting individual’s strengths ensure team roles are geared high-performance
The relationship between teamwork and collaboration.
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Elements of Strong Teams
Open and honest communication- strong teams ensure members communicate well with each other.
Clear direction- strong teams focus on set goals and results.
Defined roles- teambuilding involves the allocation roles and responsibilities based on individual’s strengths.
Risk taking- strong teams support appropriate risk taking.
Diversity- effective teams include members with diverse competencies and experiences.
Collaboration- strong teams work together and combine synergies to achieve common goals.
Teamwork create strong teams that aim to achieve high-performance and optimal projects results.
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Strong Teams In Collaborative Projects
They offer support to each other to facilitate mutual growth and optimal performance
All members contribute to the project in a fair manner
Strategize and focus on goals and results
Transformational leadership to promote individualized performance and motivation
Individuals offer their experiences and competencies to facilitate high-performance and team’s success
Stronger workplace relationships improve performance and job satisfaction
Strong teams are the key to successful collaborative projects.
The outcome of strong teams reflect the benefits of teamwork.
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Principles Of Collaborative Teams
The five principles of collaboration:
Applying Trust
Respect
Willingness
Empowerment
Effective Communication
The principles of collaboration are related to teamwork and strong teams
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Exploiting Diversity In Teams
Teamwork builds strong teams that capitalize on the diversity of the teams
Diverse teams promote innovation and new ideas due to the competencies of each individual
Diverse teams offer opportunities for learning as each member offers some unique skills and experiences
Capitalizing on the strengths of team members facilitate a high-performing group
Teambuilding and team development explores the uniqueness of members to enhance team performance.
Teamwork ensure diversity and create a multi-skilled or multi-disciplinary teams
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Competency Diversity
Competency is the ability to perform a given task successfully
Strong teams comprise of members with different competencies
The strengths of each team member ensures a highly productive teams
Different competencies indicate the most appropriate role for individual members
Individuals should be assigned roles that reflect their competencies to ensure high-performance
The weaknesses for each member are counterbalanced with collaborative interactions and open communication
Teamwork ensure that members are assigned to the appropriate role based on their competencies
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Expertise Diversity
Expertise is a specific skills or knowledge in a particular field
Teamwork ensure that strong teams consists of members with diverse skills and knowledge
Strong teams focus on the assigned roles that indicate the expertise of the respective members
Team development ought to factor in the necessary skills set necessary to accomplish the defined goals
Diverse problem-solving skills helps team members to settle differences and disputes
Diverse skills ensure team members have necessary social skills to solve problems and advance positive interactions
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Activity
Delegates to learn about inclusive teams in terms of background
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Background Diversity
Background include elements such as culture, family, values, beliefs, professions, and traditions
Each member contributes unique cultural aspects in a team
Effective teams promote inclusive working environment
Respecting others’ cultures and beliefs ensure successful interactions and collaboration
Background include elements such as culture, family, values, beliefs, professions, and traditions
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Team Roles
Belbin’s role indicate the nine role in teamwork
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Belbin Team Role Theory
Belbin team role theory focus on role assignment based on strengths and weaknesses of each individual.
Belbin team role theory include action-oriented roles, person-oriented roles, and thought-oriented roles.
This theory is useful in team development since teamwork appreciates the strengths of each individual.
Using Belbin team role theory helps to assess the weakness and strengths of members based on competencies, experiences, and background.
Belbin team role theory is important in building a strong team that capitalizes on team diversity
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Belbin’s Team Roles
People-oriented roles- coordinator, team worker, and resource investigator.
Action-oriented roles- shaper, implementer, and completer finisher.
Thought-oriented roles- plant, monitor evaluator, and specialist.
Belbin’s team roles applicable in teamwork
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Activity
Delegates to learn the practical application of Belbin’s Team Roles
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Activities To Build Strong Teams
Foster cohesion among team members
Establish forums to promote interactions and bonding
Cultivate openness and transparency
Promote idea-sharing and innovative culture
Offer rewards and benefits
Teambuilding events
Team coaching
Activities that help organizations to build strong teams
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Encouraging Strong Teams
Promote honest and open communication.
Create positive working environment.
Recognize and reward performing members.
Offer strong and transformational leadership
Support teams and help solve problems
Cherish diversity
Leverage collaboration technology
Measures to encourage strong teams to realize productive teamwork
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Recap And Summary
Strong teams are the basis of successful teamwork and collaboration
Teambuilding and team development should focus on strong teams for optimal teamwork results
Exploiting the diversity of strong teams necessity evidence-based role assignment
Team members are empowered and motivated when assigned roles that reflect their strengths
Questions
How do managers harmonize personality differences among team members?
How can members with introvert personality be involved in team-based projects?
What are the strategies to address cultural differences and promote culturally-appropriate language?
How could you ensure fair participation among team members?
Delegates ask questions about strong teams and role development
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