Group & Team Dynamic
Objectives (pg 168-180)
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Identify 5 characteristics of effective teams?
List the four stages of team development?
Breakdown 3 primary concerns of most team
members
Explain how you can run an effective meeting?
Team
• Collection of individuals who are identified by
others & themselves as a group who work
together to accomplish a common goal
• Each member’s conduct affects the actions of all
team members
• Team dynamics- unique talents of each individual
to achieve shared goal
Characteristics of Effective
Teams
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Goals
Rules
Roles
Communication
Participation
Goals
• Know your target, you have a much better
chance of hitting it
• (SMART)
Specific / Measurable /Action /Realistic &
Relevant / Time based
Rules
• Guideline for membership, conduct,
performance
– Group rules
– External rules
Roles
Specific job or task assigned to a team
Roles can shift-need not be permanent
Communication
Teams need to know what’s happening
Objective, honest, focused on team goal—not
personal matters=ability to do job
Constructive criticism encourages performance
improvement
Participation
Participation = balanced
Focus on performance & collective improvement
Work of the team as a whole comes first
Members build on each other’s strengths & make up
for any weaknesses
Team Dynamics
leader or coach has a major influence on team dynamics
One of the team leader’s
most important tasks is
Preventing distractions
from interfering w/team’s
work
4 Stages of Team Development
• according to Tuckman’s model:
orming
torming
orming
erforming
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Forming Stage
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meet & begin to create relationships among
themselves & their leader
defer decisions to their leader
limited commitment
concerned about future
Trust not yet developed
focus on task rather than long-term goals or results
Storming Stage
Personalities clash as try to
overcome tendency to
focus on their needs
communication may be
unproductive, or even
damaging
Some may be unwilling to
accept group rules or
norms
Some may confront each other
or the leader
Unwilling to fully trust one
another
Norming Stage
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begins to work together as a whole
result of leader’s patience, guidance, & role modeling, team
members begin to see the advantages of teamwork
Trust grows: members share experiences, training, & activities
Give each other feedback, share thoughts & ideas
Standards & shared work ethic develop
Support one another & differences become less divisive
Team spirit emerges
Performing Stage
Team works at its best
“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts”
Team’s vision, roles, and processes are clear
Communication is open
Members feel free to share their own views
They have a high degree of trust in their leader and each other
Focus is on continuing to improve performance rather than simply on completing a task
Thinking about long-term goals
They make up for gaps in each other’s skills and knowledge & help each other learn
Miracle on Ice
1980 Olympic Games
Coach Brooks “This moment is yours. When you pull on that jersey, you represent
yourself and your teammates. And the name on the front is a hell of a lot more
important than the one on the back! Get that through your head!”
Running an Effective
Meeting
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important team-building tool
Poorly run meetings waste everyone’s time
Points to consider:
Decide if appropriate
Can be canceled: does team really need to meet?
Can an e-mail do the job?
Are key decision makers available?
Does it need to be rescheduled?
Define purpose
Decide whom to invite
Decide when and where
Plan how you’ll record information
Send out agenda
Start on time & follow the agenda
Concerns of most team members
Fitting in
Who’s in charge & most influence
Getting along /depending on others
Review
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Identify 5 characteristics of effective teams?
Goals – Rules – Roles – Communication - Participation
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List the four stages of team development?
Forming / Storming / Norming /Performing
• Breakdown 3 primary concerns of most team
members
Fitting in/who’s in charge & most influence/get along & depend
on others
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Explain how you can run an effective meeting?
appropriate / purpose /who/ when & where / record / agenda/on time