Strategies for Building an Effective Team

April 23, 2015

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS WEBINAR

Participants will learn basic strategies for building

effective teams and will share their experience with

teams in their self advocacy organization.

PRESENTERS

OCSS staff

POLL QUESTION #1

Does your statewide self advocacy organization

have the team skills it needs to be successful?

Teambuilding Strategies

• Communication

• Purpose of your organization

• Your organization’s goals and objectives

• Experience and skills

• Being Respectful

Communication

Great communication keeps team members from

giving up on the project because they don’t

understand the whole purpose.

Example:

Have meeting to discuss activity progress

Stay connected by email or phone

Purpose of your organization

• What is your organization’s mission statement

• What is your organization's vision statement

Your organization’s goals and objectives

Review:

• Goal is the long term vision of your organization

(1-3 goals)

• Objective is a short term activities to reach that

goal (steps to work on goals)

Experience and skills

The purpose of putting a team together, is to

group together people that have specific skills to

complete a specific project.

You can pick people you know are hard workers or

give new members a chance to learn and to

contribute to the team.

Learn from each other

Being Respectful

For a group a people to function as a productive

team, there has to be a commitment from each

team member to the team.

Your role on the team

The hardest attitude to understand is that your role

on a team “it’s not about you.”

It is about doing the job you have on this project’s

team to accomplish the goal.

Every role on the team is important

• You will be a part of many projects

• You will have many chances to be in difference

roles on the team

• Sometimes you will lead, sometimes support, but

you will always be important to the success of

the team

When team members don’t feel valued

Did we give people the ok to do more? Or did we say you only

need to bring some plates, napkins and drinks to the event. Then,

get mad when they show up with only that.

What about “I went ahead and did it.” You ask a committee to

design the flyer. They complete it by the next meeting. You got

nervous and made your own. You look at their draft, say, “that’s

great. But, I think we will use the one I created. Don’t you think it is

much better?”

It may be faster to do it yourself but what are

the cost to the team?

You can help the project succeed

Be honest about what you can do, don’t promise

more than you have time to give

If someone doesn’t do their work the project,

someone else will have to do it

If you know you need some help to complete an

activity “speak up” while there is still time for the

group to make a better match to your skills

What can you do?

• What areas as a team player can you improve

on?

• What areas in your work or personal life can you

see the value of team building?

OCSS STATES QUESTIONS

AND ANSWERS

STATE QUESTIONS

1. Has your self advocacy organization ever

attended a team building training before?

2. Rate your self advocacy group’s team

effectiveness and why.

STRONG

OKAY

NEEDS WORK

COULD BE BETTER

ALABAMA COMMENTS

Attended training N, not recently

Rate: OKAY

Why: we come together and come up with ideas,

complete our goals, sometimes members follow

through

ARKANSAS COMMENTS

Attended training N

Rate: NEEDS WORK

Why: because of communication problems, we are

not together, no clear mission and goals for the

group

FLORIDA COMMENTS

Attended training Y

Rate: STRONG

Why: we work together, attended training on

important issues such transportation and

employment

GEORGIA COMMENTS

Attended training Y

Rate: STRONG

Why: we work together, at our regular board

meetings, long road home

NORTH CAROLINA COMMENTS

Attended training Y or N

Rate:

Why:

OKLAHOMA COMMENTS

Attended training Y

Rate: STRONG

Why: we go to capital, rally together, advocate for

our groups with each other, the SALT training has

helped

SOUTH CAROLINA COMMENTS

Attended training N, as of yet

Rate: STRONG, NEEDS WORK

Why: monthly meetings, bring ideas at the table

and discuss at the group and our participation,

focus our objectives and vote on what we want to

do, need members to be more engaged and be a

part of the team

TENNESSEE COMMENTS

Attended training: I don’t know

Rate: OKAY

Why: all of the people involved invested in working

well together

DATES TO REMEMBER

DATES TO REMEMBER

July 5 Submit 3nd Quarter Invoice, 2nd

Vlog due and quarterly report on progress

on Plan

September 17 Advisory Meeting-

GoToMeeting

September 19 Submit 4th Quarter Invoice

quarterly report on Plan

Next OCSS Webinars

3:30 p.m. EST

2:30 p.m. CST

Webinar dates Topic

June 18, 2015 Strategies for Membership

Recruitment

July 16, 2015 Steps in Organizing Around an Issue

August 20, 2015 Partnerships Outside of the Disability

Community

September 2015 Institutions

THANK YOU!

Regional Self Advocacy Technical Assistance Center Funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.