Dilbert’s Salary Theorem
Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power
Postulate 2: Time is Money
As every engineer knows:
Power 
Work
Time
Since, by postulate 1, we know Knowledge = Power, then
Knowledge
Work
Time
Since, by postulate 2, we also know Time = Money, then
Knowledge
Work
Money
Dilbert’s Salary Theorem,
cont.
Solving for Money we get
Money
Work
Knowledge
Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money
approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work
done.
Conclusion: The less you know, the more you make.
Space
Technology
and Robotic
Systems
Developing a TEAM
adapted (with permission) from
Team Power: How to Build and Grow
Successful Teams
by Jim Temme
California Partnership Academies Conference
March 2, 2015
Sacramento, CA
John Galisky – Coordinator
Lompoc High School
Space, Technology and Robotic Systems
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Team A group of people who have been
empowered to set goals, make
decisions, and solve problems
and who have the commitment to
make changes to implement their
goals and decisions.
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“Teamwork is the ability to work
together toward a common vision.
The ability to direct individual
accomplishment toward organizational
(goals and) objectives. It is the fuel
that allows common people to attain
uncommon results.”
-- Author Unknown
Space
Technology
and Robotic
Systems
Characteristics of a Team
Trust
Empowerment Communication
Embracing
Innovation &
Creativity
Leadership
Decision
Making
Awareness of
Need to Change
Training
Integrated
Personalities
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Trust

Actions speak louder than words
 Consistency
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Empowerment

Without authority a team is just a workgroup
 Team leader  share power
 Team members  take responsibility
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Communication

Do not assume communication occurs
when we speak to each other
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Embracing Innovation & Creativity
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Open Communication
 Team must be willing to experiment
 Mistakes will occur but mistakes provide growth
stimulus. Doing nothing promotes decay.
“Experience is what enables you to recognize
a mistake when you make it again.
-- Earl Wilson -Team Power, by Jim Temme
Leadership
Coach – provide direction
 Counselor – listen to ideas, concerns,
& needs
 Catalyst
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Decision Making

Continuous improvement
 Problem solving
 Decide and ACT!!
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Awareness of Need to Change
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Change is uncomfortable
 It takes work to develop new habits and
break old ones.
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Training

Working as a team means that we are
doing something different.
 Doing things differently requires training.
Doing the same thing over and over but
expecting different results is Insanity.
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A
Z PB
RW O N K
MS Q D Y E G
F HT I J UVX L
X
F OP
YGDHN
AT I U J CK
S Q RW L V Z M B
Integrated Personalities
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T argeted
 E nthusiastic
 A ccommodating
 M editative
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Targeted

Focuses on team goals and results
 Expects team to take action and be decisive
 Encourages risk taking
 Expresses own opinions and feelings freely
to the team
 Doesn’t encourage a lot of interpersonal
team member involvement
 Competitive
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Enthusiastic

Focuses on people and team member
relationships
 Enjoys teamwork and people involvement
 Encourages team innovation
 Considers team member facts, opinions, and
ideas
 Gets team members to do things by using
persuasion more than power
 Optimistic
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Accommodating

Focuses on team harmony and steadiness
 Creates a team climate of trust,
dependability, and security
 Listens sincerely to team member feedback
and ideas
 Tends to be more careful and contemplative
with goals and actions the team should
consider
 Open and considerate
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Meditative
Focuses on team analysis, facts, and detail
Encourages the team to plan strategically
and to focus on tasks
Creates a climate where team rules are
encouraged and followed
Encourages the team to solve problems
through effective analysis
Doesn’t encourage team spirit as much as
team process
Contemplative and reserved Team Power, by Jim Temme
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Targeted
Focuses on team goals and results
Expects team to take action and be decisive
Encourages risk taking
Expresses own opinions and feelings freely to the
team
Doesn’t encourage a lot of interpersonal team
member involvement
Competitive
Meditative
Focuses on team analysis, facts, and detail
Encourages the team to plan strategically and to
focus on tasks
Creates a climate where team rules are encouraged
and followed
Encourages the team to solve problems through
effective analysis
Doesn’t encourage team spirit as much as team
process
Contemplative and reserved
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Enthusiastic
Focuses on people and team member relationships
Enjoys teamwork and people involvement
Encourages team innovation
Considers team member facts, opinions, and ideas
Gets team members to do things by using
persuasion more than power
Optimistic
Accommodating
Focuses on team harmony and steadiness
Creates a team climate of trust, dependability, and
security
Listens sincerely to team member feedback and
ideas
Tends to be more careful and contemplative with
goals and actions the team should consider
Open and considerate
Team Power, by Jim Temme
Targeted
Under stress: tends to be controlling
Needs: Control, fast pace, independence,
accomplishment
Fears: Being taken advantage of
Team Power, by Jim Temme
Enthusiastic
Under stress: tends to be impulsive
Needs: Recognition, approval, fast pace,
involvement, fun
Fears: Being disliked
Team Power, by Jim Temme
Accommodating
Under stress: tends to be indecisive
Needs: Personal assurance, comfort,
direction, sincerity, slower methodical pace
Fears: Conflict
Team Power, by Jim Temme
Meditative
Under stress: tends to withdraw
Needs: To be right, slow pace for processing
information, accuracy, time to be alone
Fears: Being wrong, quick change without
substantiation
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Work Quickly
Work Slowly
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Goals
Targeted
Focuses on team goals and results
Expects team to take action and be decisive
Encourages risk taking
Expresses own opinions and feelings freely to the
team

Doesn’t encourage a lot of interpersonal team
member involvement

Competitive
Under stress: tends to be controlling
Needs: Control, fast pace, independence,
accomplishment
Fears: Being taken advantage of
Meditative

Focuses on team analysis, facts, and detail

Encourages the team to plan strategically and to
focus on tasks

Creates a climate where team rules are
encouraged and followed

Encourages the team to solve problems through
effective analysis

Doesn’t encourage team spirit as much as team
process

Contemplative and reserved
Under stress: tends to withdraw
Needs: To be right, slow pace for processing
information, accuracy, time to be alone
Fears: Being wrong, quick change without
substantiation
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People
Enthusiastic
Focuses on people and team member relationships
Enjoys teamwork and people involvement
Encourages team innovation
Considers team member facts, opinions, and ideas
Gets team members to do things by using
persuasion more than power
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Optimistic
Under stress: tends to be impulsive
Needs: Recognition, approval, fast pace, involvement,
fun
Fears: Being disliked
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
Accommodating
Focuses on team harmony and steadiness
Creates a team climate of trust, dependability, and
security
Listens sincerely to team member feedback and
ideas
Tends to be more careful and contemplative with
goals and actions the team should consider
Open and considerate
Under stress: tends to be indecisive
Needs: Personal assurance, comfort, direction, sincerity,
slower methodical pace
Fears: Conflict
Team Power, by Jim Temme
Same or Different????
SAME
 “group think”
 everyone values the
same codes and
behaviors
DIFFERENT
 more creative
 make better decisions
 more conflict
Team Power, by Jim Temme
6 Stages of a Project
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Enthusiasm
 Disillusionment
 Panic
 Search for the Guilty
 Punishment of the Innocent
 Praise for Non-Participants
Characteristics of a Team
4 Stages of Team
Development
1)
2)
3)
4)
Goal setting
Planning
Taking action
Getting results & focusing on new goals
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Motivation
Most issues of motivation can be addressed
by team leaders creating the proper
environment.
The price of greatness is
responsibility
-- Winston Churchill -Team Power, by Jim Temme
Space
Technology
and Robotic
Systems
Common Attitudes that Kill Progress
“It won’t work for our team.”
 “We’ve tried that before.”
 “It’s too radical a change.”
 “You’re two years ahead of your time.”
 “That’s not our problem.”
 “The Board would never go for it.”
 “Let’s shelve it for the time being.”
 “Let’s form a committee.”
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Space
Technology
and Robotic
Systems
If team members fear making wrong decisions …
they will make only “safe” decisions.
No growth…No progress
Motivation does not last, …
but the decisions we make while
motivated just might.