Team Building |
Sequus International Management: Consulting Education Development |
Sequus is often called upon to assist organizations who want to get serious about teams. We can help build intact work teams or learning teams directly or train internal leaders and facilitators. We offer a number of workshops and services including.. GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT TEAMS THE ROAD TO SELF-DIRECTED TEAMS TEAM FACILITATION SKILLS PERSONALITY AND TEAMS TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS TEAM MEMBER SKILLS PROBLEM-SOLVING IN TEAMS We also counsel organizations to avoid teams when we know the effort will not pay-off. Here are a few workshops that we offer... THE TEAM BUILDING WORKSHOP "Creating the High Performance Team" Course Length: 1 - 5 days Audience: Managers, Supervisors, Team Leaders Course Objectives To understand the characteristics of a High Performing Team by building a profile of an ideal team. Then, to compare the team's profile against the profile of the ideal team. To develop an action plan designed to move the team closer to the ideal. To reduce unproductive work by improving communication among team members To identify individual and team areas of strength and weakness and to teach team members to understand how different perspectives and methods can lead to useful and effective problem solving. To teach team members to value and work with the strengths of others. To help team members match specific task assignments to certain personality types. To build an objective framework and a skill set for dealing with conflict. To predict potential problem areas. To teach team members to value and work with the strengths of others. To use the principles and skills of Situational Leadership to develop self managing and empowered teams. To apply coaching and counselling skills to develop effective teams. To have teams improve work processes and systems by using the Seven Tools of Quality. Course Content Our team building programs are highly modular and can be tailored to the needs of each team. Topic areas include: The Team Player This module looks at the individual team member and explores ways they can contribute to building and maintaining a high performance team. Helpful - Harmful Group Behaviours The Effective Team Member Characteristics of the High Performing Team This module uses the Group Styles Inventory to build a profile of an ideal team and then compare the team's profile against the ideal. The team is then challenged to prepare an action plan to move the team closer to the ideal. Building the Model of the Ideal Team Looking at Team Norms The Group Styles Inventory Team Improvement Strategies Action planning to improve team performance. Comparing our Team to the Ideal Team Action Planning Clarifying Roles and Goals A key requirement of a high-performance team is that all members share the same purpose in order that they have a context for decision making, a yardstick against which they can measure progress, a focus for collaboration and shared responsibility and a motivator for excellence and high performance. Mission and Vision Responsibilities Objectives Indicators Problem Solving Teams are only effective if they can solve problems, develop plans and move to implementation. In this module team members have the opportunity to improve their group problem solving skills through a number of practical exercises. They are introduced to an inventory of group problems solving instruments, aids and forms. Group Problem Solving Tools The Program Planning Guide Problem Solving Worksheets The Creative Team Developing the Creative Process Developing a Project Plan Understanding Team Members This module identifies the problem solving, operational patterns and preferences of each team member. This information will be used to answer the following questions: Who Are You? Who Are They? What Are Our Preferences and Operational Styles? What Are the Team's Strengths, Weaknesses and Performance Issues What Are The Team's Communication/Miscommunication Issues What Is The Team's Culture and Preferences How Can We Work Together Effectively? Conflict Management Skills This module develops the skills that team members and leaders need to resolve differences and sources of conflict. Effective teams are able to build on differences rather than allow them to interfere with creativity and progress. Dealing with Misunderstandings Dealing with Interpersonal Problems The Source of Conflict Understanding Conflict Personal Approaches to Managing Conflict The LSCPA skill for Conflict Resolution Building Trust Communication Stoppers and Starters Focusing on the Future This module prepares the team for future challenges by having them focus on how they can transfer the skill and knowledge they have learned in the classroom to the work setting. Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses Opportunity Mapping Action Planning Team Leadership The Leader as a Facilitator Developing Empowered Teams Coaching and Counselling Skills for Team Leaders Developing a High Performance Team Culture Improving Work Processes and Systems There is a widely held belief that an organization would have fewer problems if people would just do their jobs better. This is incorrect. 85% of problems can only be corrected by changing the system. The potential to improve lies with improving the systems with which work is done. The Seven Tools of Quality System Design Using Cross Functional Teams Effectively Managing Meetings As the use of teams increase in organizations, the number of meetings seem to escalate. Therefore, teams must learn to manage meetings effectively. The skills involved in planning and conducting an effective meeting The importance of purpose, process and payoffs The information sharing meeting The problem solving meeting The role of the leader How to generate group participation How to keep the group on task Evaluation Evaluation of team performance is done through the use of "Team and Performance Evaluation Instruments and Team Member Evaluation Instruments" outlined above. These are used at the completion of a team task. Team tasks vary from "fun-type" activities to practical work place problems |
