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Team Work & Team Building: M Sutapa Lakshmanan

Teamwork provides benefits similar to how geese fly in a V formation. When geese fly together, they can travel 71% farther than if they flew alone. Successful teams share leadership, communicate encouragement to keep morale high, and support each other. A team is defined as two or more people working together towards a common goal. There are stages of team development and factors for successful team-based organizations include empowering employees and increasing productivity. Key factors for successful team-based change efforts include having a win-win goal, support at all levels, clear leadership, a planned adaptive approach, and necessary knowledge and skills.

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Team Work & Team Building: M Sutapa Lakshmanan

Teamwork provides benefits similar to how geese fly in a V formation. When geese fly together, they can travel 71% farther than if they flew alone. Successful teams share leadership, communicate encouragement to keep morale high, and support each other. A team is defined as two or more people working together towards a common goal. There are stages of team development and factors for successful team-based organizations include empowering employees and increasing productivity. Key factors for successful team-based change efforts include having a win-win goal, support at all levels, clear leadership, a planned adaptive approach, and necessary knowledge and skills.

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Team Work & Team Building

M Sutapa Lakshmanan

Have you seen geese in flight?

V formation, adds up to 71 % more flying range than if the geese flew separately. People who share a common direction and a sense of belonging to one another can go farther together than alone.

Have you got goose sense?

Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it quickly gets back into formation to recover the lifting effect of the bird immediately in front.

If youve got any geese sense, you wont mind staying close to someone

How about sharing responsibility?

When the goose in the lead gets tired, it rotates back into the group, and another goose takes its place in the lead Shared leadership makes sense.

How do you communicate?

All the geese in the formation honk to encourage the one in the lead to keep up the speed. You choose how you communicate up to the leader. You can honk or you can whine

How about being there for other?

When a goose gets sick or shot down, two geese will drop out of the formation and follow the wounded one down to help and protect it. We were all made to be with others.

What is a team?

A team is two or more people with a common goal who work together to accomplish their shared objective.

Why team-based organization?

To empower employees to fully contribute To increase organizational productivity

Stages of Team Development


Forming Storming Norming Performing

The Apollo Syndrome

Team Roles
Plants(PL) Resource Investigators(RI) Monitor Evaluators(ME) Co-ordinators (CO) Shapers (SH) Completer Finishers(CF) Teamworkers(TW) Implementers(IMP) Specialists

Five Key Factors for Success in Team-Based Change Efforts


1. Win-win goal: the organizations goals and change strategy are reflected in teamwork. 2. Support at all levels: management, union (if applicable), employees. 3. Leadership by key people: clear vision and active participation in the change effort. 4. A planned adaptive approach: flexibility over rigid adherence to pre-established guidelines and timetables. 5. Knowledge and skills: management and employees have the necessary knowledge and skills to perform their jobs.

Team Challenges
Potential increase in training costs and salary costs. Resistance by middle management. Resistance by staff support groups. Unmet expectations for personal growth and development. Potential conflict between participants and nonparticipants if only a few teams are formed.

Time lost in team meetings. Impact on established career ladders

Types of Teams
Cross-Functional Work Team Project Team Functional Work Team Self-Directed Work Team Task Force Continuous Improvement Team High-Performance Team Global Virtual Team Executive Team

Factors for Success of Teams-Context


Adequate Resources Leadership and Structure Climate of Trust Performance Evaluation and Reward Systems

Factors for Success of TeamsComposition


Abilities of Members Personality of Members Allocation of Roles Diversity of Members Size of Teams Member flexibility Member preferences

Key Roles of Teams


Creator Promoter Assessor Organizer Producer Controller Maintainer Adviser

Linker

Factors for Success of Teams-Work Design


Autonomy Skill variety Task identity Task significance

Factors for Success of Teams-Process


Common Purpose Specific goals Team efficacy Conflict levels Social loafing

Characteristics of Effective Team Players


A clear mission and a plan to accomplish it. Positive relationship with and support from the organization. Openness, excellent communication and trust of other team members. A special talent to contribute to the team.

Advantages of Operating as a Team


Increased staffing flexibility. Improved work procedures and methods. Increased attraction and retention. Improved rate of output. Increased service and product quality. Reduced staff support levels. Improved decision-making. Reduced supervision.

Thank You

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