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Team Building

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 BE A GOOD
TEAM MEMBER

TO BECOME A
BETTER LEADER
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 Team Building
Team building is a planned effort made
in order to improve communications and
working relationships
by way of any planned and managed change
involving a group of people.

Team building is most effective

when used as a part of a long-range strategy for
organizational and personal development.

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Team
• A group of individuals working
towards a common goal.
• A healthy team is a diverse team.
• Increases creativity
• Increases brainstorming
• Increases resources
• Increases efficiency
• Increases talents and abilities

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 Meaningful
purpose
Small Clear
numbers performance
goals
TEAM
BASICS
Mutual Well-defined
accountability Working
approach
Complementary
skills
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 How To Build a Team
 Know the individuals
 skills and abilities
 strengths, weaknesses, blind spots
 Know what the team needs to
do
 match talents to team purpose
 try it; course correct
 Condition the team for the
work
 coach individuals and the team
 monitor team conditions
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 nurture the team
Building Blocks to Successful Teams

Regular
Review

Cooperation Balanced
and Conflict Roles

Support and Appropriate Individual

Trust Leadership Development

Clear Sound Good

Objectives Procedures Communication Openness

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Top 9 Tools
for Constructive Team Building

• Collaboration • Creativity
• Patience • Commitment
• Flexibility • Honesty
• Assertiveness • Appreciation
• Endurance

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1. PRACTICE THE HABIT OF
PROGRESSIVE THINKING
• EMPLOY THE “HOW CAN I DO IT BETTER?”
THOUGHT PROCESS.
• IMPLIES LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
RATHER THAN THE PAST.
• HELPS IN MAKING YOU MORE CREATIVE.
• PRACTICE THE HABIT OF LEARNING TO
THINK ON PAPER
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 2. PRACTICE SELF-ANALYSIS

“AM I WORTH MORE TODAY

THAN I WAS YESTERDAY ?”

~ AIM AT BEING A BETTER PERSON

AT THE END OF EVERYDAY.

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3. GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO THINK

~ SPEND SOME TIME

IN UNINTERRUPTED THOUGHT
~ LIKE MEDITATION

~ SET APART AT LEAST

1% OF THE TIME EVERY DAY
FOR THINKING &
YOU CAN BE SURE OF
WONDERFUL RESULTS
~ YOUR OWN MOTIVATIONAL LEVEL
WILL INCREASE
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4. YOUR MOTIVATED PERFORMANCE
SHOULD RESULT
IN CONTINUOUSLY RAISING
YOUR TEAM’S PERFORMANCE
TO LEVELS YOU NEVER BELIEVED
YOU WERE CAPABLE OF

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What to Look For…
Essential Elements of Teambuilding
• Listening
• Questioning
• Persuading
• Respecting
• Helping
• Sharing
• Participating

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Team Building
12 Tips for successful team building:
• Clear expectations • Collaboration
• Context • Communication
• Commitment • Creative Innovation
• Competence • Consequences
• Charter • Coordination
• Control • Cultural Change

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Competencies Employers are Looking for:
•Analytical skill •Motivation
•Attentiveness •Planning skills
•Compliance •Problem solving
•Customer focus •Self confidence
•Decision making •Sensitivity
•Ethics and values •Team skills
•Flexibility •Time management
•Goal setting •Tolerance
•Innovation •Verbal skills
•Leadership •Writing skills
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1. DOES YOUR TEAM HAVE
CLEAR & REALISTIC GOALS ?

2. DO THE TEAM MEMBERS SHARE

A SENSE OF COMMITMENT
AND PURPOSE ?

3. DOES THE TEAM COMMUNICATE

EFFECTIVELY ?
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4. DOES THE TEAM DISPLAY
A HIGH LEVEL OF

MUTUAL TRUST & SUPPORT ?

5. DO TEAM MEMBERS TEND TO

SOLVE ANY CONFLICTS &

DISAGREEMENTS
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TEAM ?

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 6. DOES THIS ATMOSPHERE
ALSO EXIST BETWEEN
YOU AND YOUR TEAM MEMBERS ?

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 7. DOES THE TEAM MAKE
BEST USE OF THE
RESOURCES & SKILLS
AVAILABLE TO IT ?

8. DO YOU CONSTANTLY REVIEW

PROGRESS & MAKE A
CONCERTED EFFORT
TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES ?

9. DO MEMBERS OF THE TEAM

DO THIS ?
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 10. DOES THE TEAM
BIND MORE CLOSELY
TOGETHER
IN DIFFICULT TIMES ?

11. ARE TEAM MEMBERS

ENJOYING
THEIR WORK ?
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