David Cleeton-Watkins & Anna HeywoodRoffey Park Institute

Team Development

more than team building

Getting started

David Cleeton-Watkins and Anna Heywood

Your hosts today

Both work as consultants at Roffey Park

Aim of the session...

To make what happens today a productive, engaging and valued experience...

What happens when a group of people comes together to “work”?

This happens…

Working groups today

David Casey

Teams and groups – focusing on the nature of the work- the need for cooperation- the complexity involved

Working groups today

Teams as human systems–Differences &

similarities –Tight and loose

groupsTemporary groupsVisible & invisible groups

A fundamental of Roffey Park’s approach is to:

Attend to Group Process

Stimulating group development

Content

Procedure

Process

Keys to healthy performance

Trusting others

Taking responsibility

Accepting accountability

A Model for Good Group Working

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Model for good group working

Step 1: “do stuff”

Set priorities

Model for good group working

Step 2: “Making sense”

Model for good group working

Step 3: “New learning”

Model for good group working

Step 4: “ Moving on”

Team Development and Group Performance

Attending to process - results

Little Process

High Content

Risks difficulty or failure

Towards success

Balanced Content

Balanced Process

Low Content

High Process

Addressing blockages

Key learning from today

Team or group, it’s about good group working that is fit for purpose

There’s a lot of invisible group process stuff going on all the time

Content and procedure work needs to be balanced against group process, especially if the group is not working well

Trusting others, taking responsibility, and accepting accountability are core principles in good group working

Groups need a clear learning process that helps them move beyond the current task

What Roffey offers for teams

Development for team leaders – an open programme to explore the role of team leader as facilitator of team performance, leadership in teams, and team coaching

Real team development – bringing the whole team to Roffey to engage in a range of team development activities and discussions aimed at helping the team to raise motivation and performance

Benchmarking – meeting with other teams in an environment of competition and cooperation to explore how well your own team performs relative to others

Some examples of Roffey’s work

Leadership and team development – direct client work with businesses and open programmes at our centre near Gatwick (top team workshops, senior leadership programmes, strategic leadership)

Organisational Development – leading edge thinking in our MSc programme, our OD Practitioner’s Programme, and direct client work (developing internal OD capability, large group work, culture change)

Interpersonal effectiveness – building stronger working relationships, developing greater influence, and improving personal power and effectiveness across organisations

Learning more about our work

Your questions and comments

We’d welcome your views as part of our ongoing work in this area.

When you facilitate what is the challenge for you?

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Next steps

Roffey Park Institute, Forest Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 4TB Tel: (01293) 851644Registered Charity No: 254591 Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England No: 923975

Anna Heywood

Senior Consultant

David Cleeton-Watkins

Lead Consultant, Client Development

Send us your questions and comments

Call us to talk about events for teams and leaders

Allow us to follow up your interest today and to seek feedback

Our thanks for joining usMelissa Green

Marketing and Business Development Managermelissa.green@roffeypark.com