TeamworkTeamwork
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
• Teamwork• What Is a Team?• Benefits of a Team• Stages of Team
Development
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Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
- Andrew Carnegie
TeamworkTeamwork
A team is a collection of individuals, each with his/her own expertise, brought together to benefit a common goal.
What Is a Team?What Is a Team?
Benefits of a TeamBenefits of a Team
• Shared workload
• Chances for leadership and personal satisfaction
• A sense of belonging to a successful process
• The ability to accomplish more than if work is performed independently
1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
5. Adjourning
Stages of Team DevelopmentStages of Team Development
• Initial team formation• Team members share information about
themselves• First impressions• Identify the team’s mission
Stage 1: FormingStage 1: Forming
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• Identify strengths and weaknesses
• List individual talents, skills, and limitations
• Share experience
• Remember that each team member’s strengths are a support mechanism for the weaknesses of other team members
Stage 1: FormingStage 1: Forming
Team members share information
Identify the team’s mission• What does the team have to do?
• How will the team accomplish the task?
• What information is needed?
• What resources are available?
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Stage 1: FormingStage 1: Forming
• Competition among team members• Difference of opinions• Learn how to work together• Settle into roles and share responsibility
Stage 2: StormingStage 2: Storming
• Mutual respect among team members
• Team members work collaboratively
• Focus on team goals (rather than individual goals)
• Agree on team rules (norms)• Significant progress toward goals
Stage 3: NormingStage 3: Norming
Establishing Group Norms• Create a list of norms by brainstorming
with teammates.
• Analyze each norm and discuss its impact on the team and the overall goal.
• Identify key norms that everyone can come to consensus on.
• Commit to follow these rules
• Establish consequences if norms are broken.
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Stage 3: NormingStage 3: Norming
Typical Group Norms• Input from all team members
• Meeting schedule and project timeline
• Communication protocols
• Conflict resolution protocols
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Stage 3: NormingStage 3: Norming
A copy of the established norms should be provided to each team member.
• Team members know each other, trust each other, and rely on each other
• Team functions at a high level• Focus on reaching team goals• Conflict and changes are handled quickly
without interruption in team progress
Stage 4: PerformingStage 4: Performing
• Project comes to a close• Team members leave group• Sadness at separation
Stage 5: AdjourningStage 5: Adjourning
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
• Teamwork• What Is a Team?• Benefits of a Team• Stages of Team Development
Image ResourcesImage Resources
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