Effective Teams - Project Overseas Wiki

Working Together
What is
a team?
A group of people
with a full set of
complementary skills
required to complete
a task, job, or project.
 Think: Write one characteristic of an effective
team. (2 minutes)
 Pair:
Exchange your ideas with the person
beside you. ( 3 minutes)
 Share: Share your thoughts with your table and
choose one characteristic to present to
the entire group. (5 minutes)
 Leadership
 Trust
 Respect
 Unity
 Complementary Skills
 Open Communication
 Lack of Selfishness
 Appoint a recorder.
 Think Time:
Individuals think about the
question above.
 Share Time:
Starting to the left of the
recorder, each member
shares one idea which the
recorder writes down.
 Discussion Time: Team discusses all responses
and chooses one to share
with the entire group.
 Build relationships
 Debrief daily
 Buddy system
 Share the load
 Play to each others strengths
 Be attentive to health
Develop group norms
 Establish a safe, comfortable, respectful environment
 Set routines
 Review CTF Code of Conduct
 Put team & project first
 Have fun together
 Remember the “Fish Philosophy”
*Play
*Make their day
*Be there
*Choose your attitude !