Why team based
working?
Individual Activity
Why team based working in
your service area / the areas
you support?
• List the potential benefits that will be
achieved in your service area through
improved team working.
Individual Activity
Quick team effectiveness audit
In my team:
Score
1 = low
5 = high
1.
we have a strong team identity – we know
what the team is there to achieve and we
know who is in the team
2.
we are all clear about and committed to our
team’s objectives
3.
we all understand our own role and how this
fits with others within the team and with those
working in other relevant teams
4.
we are all involved in decision making about
the work of the team and how it is carried out
5.
we meet regularly and there is effective
communication between all team members
6.
we have regular constructive debate about
how best to do our work and about how to
improve our outcomes
7.
we work well with other teams within the
organisation and within partner organisations
Individual Activity
Write your own team’s
vision or purpose
statement below ...
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Name of Team:
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Statement:
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Individual Activity
Operating principles:
•
Remember a time when you worked in a
successful team – one that you enjoyed
being part of and that achieved its goals.
•
What made this team so successful?
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Think about processes and behaviours.
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Write one feature on each post-it.
Small Group Activity
Community Map
1. Discuss in your small groups which one of you
wishes to develop your Team Community Map and
list the following:
 All the different teams that you come into contact
with on a regular basis.
 Any other teams that your team will need to work
with in the future.
 Any external teams or organisations that
influence the formation of team targets and those
that influence the team’s ability to achieve its
goals.
3. In the middle of a sheet of paper:
 Draw a circle that represents your home team.
 Around your home team, draw in any teams that
you work with ie., if the team works with another
team very closely, then show them as very close
or overlapping with the team, ie., relevant
distance around your home team.
 Indicate the relative importance of each team or
individual relationship by varying the size of the
circles representing each team.
Small Group Activity
Developing co-operative
relationships
Using your Community Map explore the
questions below and complete the attached
‘developing co-operative relationships’ action
plan.
1. Identify all the areas your team needs to
develop a more co-operative relationship
with and then highlight your top 5 priority
areas.
2. What are the key benefits of each cooperative relationship?
3. Who will be involved in the development of
each relationship?
4. What actions will we take to improve or
develop the relationship?
Small Group Activity
Building Team Influence
Again using your team map lead a
discussion to identify those individuals and
groups within the organisation that the
team need to be able to influence more
effectively. The following questions may
support the discussion:
• With which individuals / groups does the
team need to influence more effectively?
• What about?
• Concerns / interests of the individual
group?
• How could this team help?
• Negative impact if this team is not heard?
• Plans to increase / improve these?
• Who will become more influential?
• Opportunities for influencing?
Small Group Activity
Write a headline about how
effective team working in your area
has contributed to the organisation
successfully achieving its strategic
goals.
• Rules:
 Less than 10 words
 Dated one year from today.
 Say which professional journal or other relevant
publication this headline appears in.
 You must feel proud to see this headline.
Engagement and Well-Being